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24 Jun 2022
Last week's loss of thousands of fat cattle in Kansas feedlots is being described as a "heart-wrenching natural disaster" by eyewitness Nels Lindberg. Lindberg is a veterinarian who works with multiple feedlots in the Ulysses area. He spoke with DTN to share what he saw and to describe steps feeders took leading up to the deaths. He is a partner in...
24 Jun 2022
OMAHA (DTN) -- Evidence appears to back the fertilizer industry's claims that increased production costs and supply chain issues were responsible for higher fertilizer in 2021 and 2022, but more data is needed to support claims by some groups that fertilizer companies have engaged in price gouging, according to a new Iowa State University (ISU) rep...
23 Jun 2022
OMAHA (DTN) -- Evidence appears to back the fertilizer industry's claims that increased production costs and supply chain issues were responsible for higher fertilizer in 2021 and 2022, but more data is needed to support claims by some groups that fertilizer companies have engaged in price gouging, according to a new Iowa State University (ISU) rep...
23 Jun 2022
By DTN Staff If your field is beginning to look more like a pineapple crop than a cornfield, you're witnessing some clever corn biology at work. That means corn plants are starting to implement their emergency water-savings playbook, said Matt Montgomery, agronomist with Pioneer. High temperatures nearing or exceeding 100 degrees Fahrenheit with hi...
23 Jun 2022
OMAHA (DTN) -- Planting came late this year for Wahpeton, North Dakota, farmer Chris Johnson, but he estimates he ended up unable to get seed into the ground on only about 4% of his land. Johnson was in a sprayer Tuesday side-dressing some cornfields. His crop on southeastern North Dakota and western Minnesota acres also got a rain shower Monday ni...