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14 Nov 2019
By Pamela SmithDTN Progressive Farmer Crops Technology Editor Throw a crop-production question at Brad and Jacob Wade, and it can quickly escalate into a debate. When asked to rank the top things that determine soybean yield success, Jacob immediately countered: "Volume yield or economic yield?" "Are they the same thing?" his father, Brad, challeng...
14 Nov 2019
By ShayLe StewartDTN Livestock Analyst This may be a year simply characterized by the John Wayne quote, "All battles are fought by scared men who'd rather be someplace else." Cattlemen wanting to be somewhere else? I think most would say, "You betcha," as they hand you their worn-out muck boots, a list of calves to doctor, an operating note that ha...
14 Nov 2019
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter When John Werries and his son Dean started using cover crops, their primary goal was to prevent soil erosion on their Illinois farm. Seven years later, they've discovered their cover crop of choice, cereal rye, which hates weeds as much as they do. Illinois is home to some challenging herbicide-resistant weeds, ...
13 Nov 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor WASHINGTON (DTN) -- A group of Senate Democrats released a report Tuesday on the Trump administration's agricultural trade aid program, charging USDA "is picking winners and losers in their attempt to aid farmers affected by President Trump's turbulent trade agenda." Led by Senate Agriculture Committee ranking m...
13 Nov 2019
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- It was another record-setting year for the National Wheat Yield Contest, which announced its 2019 winners Tuesday. Three winners topped 200 bushels per acre (bpa), with Rick Pearson of Buhl, Idaho, gleaning top yield honors with a 211.59-bpa irrigated winter wheat entry. Close behind him...