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19 Aug 2015
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Although the Federal Aviation Administration is making progress at developing rules to allow for the wider use of unmanned aerial systems, or UASs, in a variety of applications including agriculture, it could be sometime in late 2016 or early 2017 before those rules are completed. A new report from th...
18 Aug 2015
By Richard OswaldDTN Special Correspondent LANGDON, Mo. (DTN) -- "That area was fabulous." That's the way DTN View From the Cab farmer Lane Robinson of Cromwell, Indiana, described crops across central and northern Iowa during his annual "tour" of Midwestern crops. Lane is interested in gathering first-hand crop data, but his late summer cross-c...
18 Aug 2015
By Todd HultmanDTN Analyst It is not the first time USDA surprised markets with an unexpected number, and it's not the biggest surprise that USDA has ever pulled, but Wednesday's estimate that corn production will total 13.686 billion bushels was a tough punch in the gut to many hoping for a lower number. Dow Jones' pre-report survey found only one...
18 Aug 2015
By Cheri ZagurskiDTN Managing Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Corn conditions worsened slightly in the week ended August 16, according to USDA's latest Crop Progress report, while soybean conditions remained unchanged. Seventy-one percent of the crop is in the dough stage and 21% is in the dent stage, compared to 50% and 9% last week and five-year averages...
17 Aug 2015
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter NORTHFIELD, Minnesota (DTN) -- The southeast Minnesota rains came in June -- as they almost always do at Far-Gaze Farms. It was especially important to farmer Bruce Peterson and his family operation, as the farm is one of several that attempt to crack the cover crop code. The ground is frozen for nearly half the yea...