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12 Nov 2015
By Dan DavidsonDTN Contributing Agronomist Seeding fall covers requires innovation, planning and time. Mostly we seem to run out of the later when it comes to seeding covers. The snow is starting to fly here, so it may seem a funny time to write about cover crops. However, I've found it's never too early to plan what you'll do next year with this p...
11 Nov 2015
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- The National Corn Growers Association expressed disappointment this week that many House members from corn-producing areas signed a letter to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy calling on EPA to lower volumetric requirements under the Renewable Fuel Standard....
11 Nov 2015
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Many scientists believe Arctic warming and loss of sea ice in part led to last winter's so-called Polar Vortex and weather patterns responsible for dumping record amounts of snowfall in the Northeastern United States. Two scientists said during a University of Nebraska workshop Tuesday on the ...
11 Nov 2015
By Virginia H. HarrisProgressive Farmer Associate Editor LOUISVILLE, Ky. (DTN) -- Robyn Rudisill was raised on a hog farm in Oklahoma. She is no stranger to farrowing out sows, working early mornings and late nights, and being in hot and cold show barns, she told an audience at the National FFA Convention and Expo in Louisville, Kentucky, recently....
10 Nov 2015
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- As has been the case in recent months, fertilizer prices continue to shift slightly lower, according to retailers contacted by DTN in the first week of November 2015. All eight major fertilizers were lower in price compared to a month earlier but none were down any significant amount. DAP averaged $546...