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20 Oct 2020
This article was originally posted at 3:03 p.m. CDT on Monday, Oct. 19. It was last updated at 3:42 p.m. CDT on Monday, Oct. 19. ** OMAHA (DTN) -- Mostly dry weather across much of the nation's midsection last week helped farmers push harvest past the halfway mark for corn and hit the three-quarters mark for soybeans by the end of the week, accordi...
19 Oct 2020
ANKENY, Iowa (DTN) -- Nitrogen fertilizer application restrictions on crop ground went into effect in certain areas of Minnesota on Sept. 1. The Groundwater Protection Rule prohibits farmers from applying most forms of commercial nitrogen fertilizer in the fall and on frozen ground in areas groundwater is deemed vulnerable to contamination. The rul...
19 Oct 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- The COVID-19 economic shutdown that led to disruptions in the food supply chain may have hit hardest those Americans who already have challenges finding their next meals. In particular, many Americans face poverty, lack of grocery stores and transportation. On Friday, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, more than 150 countrie...
19 Oct 2020
Back in late April when November soybeans fell as low as $8.31 a bushel, an offer to sell 2020 production at a cash price of $10 a bushel would have been met with a quick yes and thank you very much. Thursday, as DTN's index of national cash soybean prices closed at $10.06 a bushel, I can't help but think about the old fable of The Dog and His Refl...
16 Oct 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- A start-up company developing a heavy-duty truck engine able to run on straight ethanol has reached a milestone in a series of tests performed to validate its technology. ClearFlame Engine Technologies reported in a news release on Wednesday it matched the torque and power of a commercial diesel engine using ethanol in place of diese...