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31 Dec 2015
By Dan Crummett Progressive Farmer Contributing Editor Steve Berger and his dad, Dennis, have been no-till farming since the 1970s in southeast Iowa near Wellman. For the past 15 years, they've been planting cereal rye cover crops behind every inch of their 2,000-acre, 50/50 corn-and-soybean farm. Still, contrary to much conventional coffee-shop wi...
30 Dec 2015
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst The year is ending with a bang weather-wise as heavy rains and snow over the past week are causing extensive flooding along the Mississippi River and its tributaries, creating a real headache for the nation's river transportation system. The massive flooding, which usually occurs in spring, is plaguing the ent...
30 Dec 2015
By Daniel DavidsonDTN Contributing Agronomist I've been a fan of gypsum for over a decade. Gyspum (calcium sulfate) has become a more common soil and water amendment and a good source of sulfur. There are mined (natural) sources and synthetic sources, which are mostly a byproduct of industry. I've always heard the quality of these products was vir...
29 Dec 2015
By Marcia Zarley TaylorDTN Executive Editor HADDONFIELD, N.J. (DTN) -- In a sign of more consolidation in the crop insurance industry, Cargill announced Tuesday it will sell its crop insurance agency, Cargill Crop Insurance LLC (CCI), to Silveus Insurance Group of Warsaw, Indiana. The transaction is expected to close in mid-January. Silveus is a f...
29 Dec 2015
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer continues to drift lower as the year comes to an end, according to retail fertilizer prices tracked by DTN for the fourth week of December 2015. Some farmers report making fertilizer purchases before year's end, although many are planning to hold off buying. All eight of the major fer...