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18 Dec 2019
By Dan MillerProgressive Farmer Senior Editor Mike Jackson walks into a building housing a 16-row Kinze planter. He wants to tell a story, he says, about the "doubling effect" of agriculture. Instead, as he lays his hand on the nearest closing wheel, he unwinds a tale about Jacksons who have farmed outside Oskaloosa, Iowa, for a century. "My great-...
17 Dec 2019
By DTN Staff OMAHA (DTN) -- Corn inspections remained neutral to bearish, soybean inspections were neutral to bullish and wheat inspections were bearish in the latest USDA Export Inspections report, according to DTN Lead Analyst Todd Hultman. Corn inspections totaled 27.0 million bushels (mb) for the week ended Thursday, Dec. 12, below the 41.9 mb ...
17 Dec 2019
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst OMAHA (DTN) -- The domestic distillers dried grains (DDG) weekly average spot price from the 40 locations DTN contacted was up $1 at $145 per ton for the week ended Dec. 12. Prices remained firm in spite of a cheaper cash corn price this past week. A merchandiser told DTN there are a few areas running short on...
17 Dec 2019
By Becky MillsProgressive Farmer Contributor Every year, about 50,000 head of cattle come to Turner County Stockyard, most of them in stock trailers. Owner Allen Wiggins would like to give all of his customers the same message: "The first thing anybody needs to check is the floor of the trailer." The Ashburn, Georgia, cattleman says over two consec...
16 Dec 2019
By Emily Unglesbee DTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- After three world records, some folks might retire. Not David Hula. With his irrigated corn yield of 616.20 bushels per acre (bpa), the Charles City, Virginia farmer won the National Corn Growers Association's 2019 National Corn Yield Contest, but also set his fourth world record for th...