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24 Aug 2023
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (DTN) -- Records are meant to be broken, and on Aug. 23, Georgia farmer Alex Harrell did just that, placing his name atop the list of the nation's most prodigious soybean growers. With the harvest of a 2.5-acre plot of irrigated soybeans averaging 206.7997 bushels per acre (bpa), Harrell achieved a new world record for soybean p...
24 Aug 2023
OMAHA (DTN) -- Farmers came up just two times in the Republican presidential debate on Wednesday night, both times mentioned by North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum. When talking about energy security, Burgum pointed out China is importing oil from Russia and said, "Every farmer in this country would like to buy diesel 20% off just like they are buying in...
23 Aug 2023
OMAHA (DTN) -- Average retail prices for all eight major fertilizers were down again the second full week of August 2023, according to sellers surveyed by DTN. Prices for six of the eight major fertilizers saw a significant drop, which DTN designates as anything 5% or more. Leading the way lower was UAN32. The nitrogen fertilizer was 13% lower comp...
23 Aug 2023
Two fundamental transitions in the family business are the succession of management and the transfer of ownership from one generation to the next. While these two shifts happen once in a generation or even once in a lifetime, many other significant changes happen throughout our lives. We move in and out of organizations and relationships. We change...
22 Aug 2023
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (DTN) -- Farmers face many hurdles when attempting to effectively manage yield-robbing, herbicide-resistant weeds. According to a recent survey of crop advisers, those barriers most often include economics, management complexity and supply constraints, along with the perception that a "silver bullet" will eventually solve the is...