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28 Oct 2022
MT. JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- Nationally, farmers paid an average cash rent of $148 for an acre of cropland in 2022. That average is $7, or about 5%, higher than in 2021, according to USDA data. In the Corn Belt, cash rents have climbed steadily higher since 2020, said Luke Worrell, owner of Worrell Land Services, on a recent Farmdoc webinar. In some ...
28 Oct 2022
From NDSU Extension Soybean moisture content took a dive to 8% to 10% in many fields this fall. This late in the season, waiting for rain to restore some of that moisture isn't in the cards for many farmers. But there are a few other measures that can be taken to bring soybeans back from the brink of too dry, according to Ken Hellevang, North Dakot...
26 Oct 2022
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Florida authorities arrested three Miami, Florida, residents last week in connection with a series of frozen beef and pork thefts from packing plants across the Midwest, totaling about $9 million in losses. The operation has been described by federal and state law-enforcement officials as a "sophisticated organized criminal e...
26 Oct 2022
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- The Center for Biological Diversity sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Tuesday after the Biden administration missed a June 2022 deadline to finalize Endangered Species Act listings for the lesser prairie chicken. The group asked a federal court in New Mexico to order the USFWS to finalize a threatened listing for the...
25 Oct 2022
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- The starter fertilizer 10-34-0 led the average price drop on five of eight fertilizers tracked by DTN in the third week of October, continuing to show a significant drop for the third consecutive week. The average price of 10-34-0 came in 12% lower compared to one month ago at $759 per ton. DTN defines a significant drop in p...