Headline News
RECENT NEWS
16 Oct 2024
EDITOR'S NOTE: Row-crop farmers make dozens of decisions that affect the crops they grow, but perhaps none is more important than the seed they select. In a special series called Savvy Seed Decisions, DTN/Progressive Farmer examined often unseen facets of the seed industry that affect what farmers put in their planters. Today, in our second story o...
15 Oct 2024
This article was originally published at 3:03 p.m. CDT on Tuesday, Oct. 15. It was last updated with additional information at 4:03 p.m. CDT on Tuesday, Oct. 15. ** OMAHA (DTN) -- The U.S. corn and soybean harvests sped up and pulled further ahead of the five-year averages last week thanks to dry weather across most of the country, USDA NASS report...
15 Oct 2024
EDITOR'S NOTE: Row-crop farmers make dozens of decisions that affect the crops they grow, but perhaps none is more important than the seed they select. In a special series called Savvy Seed Decisions, DTN/Progressive Farmer examined often unseen facets of the seed industry that affect what farmers put in their planters. Today, in our second story o...
15 Oct 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer sellers surveyed by DTN for the first week of October 2024 continued to show average prices for nutrients were lower than last month. Prices for seven of the eight major fertilizers were lower compared to last month, a trend for several weeks now. No fertilizer had a significant price increase or decline. DTN design...
15 Oct 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Clayton County, Iowa, farmer Michael Wayne Butikofer was sentenced to more than 15 years in prison and ordered to pay more than $5.7 million in restitution after pleading guilty to livestock theft, wire fraud and making false bankruptcy declaration, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Northern District of Iowa. The...