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DTN Distillers Grain Weekly Update

4 Sep 2015
By Cheryl AndersonDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Finishing steers can be made a little more economical without sacrificing performance, according to a recent University of Nebraska feeding trial that examined the effects of replacing corn in finishing beef diets with a newly developed, treated corn stover/distillers grain pelleted product. Acco...

Good Hay Likely for Winter

3 Sep 2015
By Cheryl AndersonDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- There is good news for livestock producers: Alfalfa crops this year should provide quality hay and sufficient supplies for the winter. Although some alfalfa-producing areas struggled with wet spring weather that hampered early cutting, the majority of producers seem optimistic for both the amount ...

Brazil Crop Outlook - 2

3 Sep 2015
By Alastair StewartDTN South America Correspondent SAO PAULO, Brazil (DTN) -- Brazil's soybean market went crazy in June and July. "It was the most intense marketing of the soybean crop in history," said Fernando Muraro, grain analyst at AgRural, a local farm consultancy. On the face of it, farmers forward sold their 2015-16 crop well, locking in p...

Nitrogen Plans Altered

3 Sep 2015
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Two years ago the fertilizer world was abuzz with promise of new U.S. nitrogen plants and plant expansions. As many as 34 new plants or major expansions were on the books for the U.S. and Canada, according to DTN reporting in July 2013. Even at that time fertilizer market experts suggested most of tho...

Dr. Dan Talks Agronomy

2 Sep 2015
By Daniel DavidsonDTN Contributing Agronomist Corn is rapidly moving through dent stage (R5). Excess rain early in the summer, shallow roots, shortages of nitrogen and a dry August have contributed to corn moving through grain fill more rapidly than expected. Any stress, including a shortened grain-fill period would reduce kernel weight by hinderin...
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