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18 Jul 2019
By Elaine KubDTN Contributing Analyst Here's a story about averages, to illustrate the dangers of using this statistical tool: Two pheasant hunters were walking through the prairie and flushed a big rooster. The first hunter took a shot but his pellets all flew five feet too far to the right. The second hunter also took a shot, but his pellets all ...
18 Jul 2019
By Matt WildeProgressive Farmer Editor COLUMBIA, Mo. (DTN) -- University of Missouri (Mizzou) research has shown that soybeans entering the reproductive phase are most vulnerable to injury from dicamba. That reproductive time is now across the major production areas, according to the latest U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Crop Progress and c...
17 Jul 2019
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Representatives from a cross section of livestock industries told members of a House Agriculture subcommittee on Tuesday their livelihoods depend on federal efforts to expand trade. The panelists took the occasion to press House members to approve the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) as s...
17 Jul 2019
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The extremely wet, cool weather in the first half of the growing season for most of the Midwest had a negative effect on all crops -- especially forage crops. Farmers in the upper Midwest saw many acres of alfalfa damaged from winterkill and once the growing season started, forage crops were behind no...
16 Jul 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- In the wake of flooding that has inundated the Midwest, people offer different perspectives calling for more investment in flood control infrastructure as recovery begins along the Missouri River and in much of the Mississippi River watershed. Some point to the need for upgraded flood control to ...