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9 Aug 2023
DES MOINES, Iowa (DTN) -- As USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service looks to add more climate-smart and conservation practices on farms in the coming years, the agency will likely find itself relying more on services provided by agricultural retailers. The increasing role of private agronomists and crop advisers in helping farmers with conse...
9 Aug 2023
With summer flying by, the August World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) and accompanying Crop Production reports are almost here, set for release at 11 a.m. CDT Friday, Aug. 11. For corn and soybeans, the August WASDE report is known as the first report that USDA takes a semiserious crack at yield estimates, helped by a survey of o...
9 Aug 2023
OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices tracked by DTN for the week including the last couple of days of July and the first few days of August 2023 continue to move lower. All eight major fertilizers were lower compared to a month ago. In addition, seven of the eight major fertilizers had a considerable price move looking back a month. DTN designat...
8 Aug 2023
MT. JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- May and June's flash drought focused its intensity on Illinois like the sun through a magnifying glass. July rains brought a robust recovery where they fell, and left fields gasping where they didn't. Illinois' comeback corn crop is no record-setter, but it's respectable. The DTN Digital Yield Tour, powered by Gro Intell...
8 Aug 2023
OMAHA (DTN) -- In 2023, land values and cash rent are on the rise, according to updated data released by USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). In addition to the Cash Rents survey, USDA released its annual Agricultural Land Values report, which includes state and region average value per acre for farm real estate, irrigated and non-...