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17 Mar 2021
Des KellerProgressive Farmer Editor The year 2019 was an eye-opener for Lewis Stearns, the founder of the consulting company Progressive Crop Solutions. European corn borers were taking a serious toll on the corn fields of several clients. "I wasn't super accustomed to seeing these insects, because Bt corn has been part of the market as long as I'v...
17 Mar 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices tracked by DTN for the second week of March 2021 continue to show considerably higher prices. Once again, all eight of the major fertilizers were up a significant amount, which DTN designates as 5% or more, for the sixth week in a row. Half of the fertilizers continue to be double digits higher from the previ...
16 Mar 2021
Imagine breakfast without coffee. Or bananas. Or orange juice! All come to our table from crops facing pest problems serious enough to threaten their future -- and the answer to their survival may depend on genetic tinkering. Will consumers be more accepting of genetically modified (GM) food if they are faced with going without? For a few weeks, DT...
16 Mar 2021
The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) began breaking up the ice in the Duluth Superior area on March 10. In the next two weeks, they'll make their way up to Thunder Bay and over to the Apostle Islands, where ice breaking up there should only take a few days, according to the Coast Guard. "We're getting ready for shipping to return to Duluth, the locks of Sau...
16 Mar 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- While livestock producers work with their animals quite often, they should always follow certain safety practices. Proper equipment and facilities are important and so is knowing how to correctly handle and move animals safely and efficiently. These topics were covered in a recent Livestock Safety webinar as part of the North Dakota ...