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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...
10 Nov 2015
By Katie MicikDTN Markets Editor WASHINGTON (DTN) -- USDA's November Crop Production report stayed true to the old adage that big crops get bigger. And, in the case of soybeans and sorghum, USDA's forecasts came in above the range of pre-report expectations. USDA is now calling for a record 3.98 billion bushel soybean harvest, a 99 million bushel ...
10 Nov 2015
By Chris Clayton DTN Ag Policy Editor and Marcia Taylor DTN Executive Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Farmers with base acres in multiple counties are getting a chance to reassess whether they could collect larger payments under the Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC-County) program for the 2014-15 crop. Those checks, the first under the new county-based farm s...
9 Nov 2015
By Darin NewsomDTN Senior Analyst OMAHA (DTN) -- Pre-report estimates for USDA's November round of numbers came in slightly larger than what was seen in October. USDA will release its Crop Production and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) reports at 11 a.m. CST Tuesday. CORN Domestic ending stocks of corn are expected to grow b...