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19 Mar 2020
By Greg D. HorstmeierDTN Editor-in-Chief The past week, ending oddly enough on a Friday the 13th, was one of the most remarkable weeks of our lifetime. In a few days the pace of change, from the huge drops in stock market values to the massive cancellations of major sporting events, closing of recreational parks and shutting down other public activ...
19 Mar 2020
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Fields that were flooded or lay fallow in 2019 may require extra management for the 2020 spring planting season. The two top concerns will be weed control and nutrient availability issues, particularly a phenomenon called "fallow syndrome" in cornfields. Brace for high weed seedbanks and...
19 Mar 2020
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter PERU, Neb. (DTN) -- Farmer Brett Adams watches and studies the Missouri River near his farm here. It has become an obsession. Gaping holes remain in levee R562 in this southeastern tip of Nebraska. Generations had passed without the structure ever yielding to the river. Then, one year ago this week, the "bomb cyclon...
18 Mar 2020
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter TEKAMAH, NE (DTN) -- Quentin Connealy is enjoying the uneventful weather of late winter. The Tekamah, Nebraska, farmer saw the nearby Missouri River flood his fields not once last growing season, but three different times, beginning with the bomb cyclone that hit on March 13, 2019. "This year, so far, has been a 180-...
18 Mar 2020
By Lori CullerDTN HR Columnist Planting season for many is right around the corner, if it hasn't already started. Meanwhile, the country is dealing with unprecedented times where schools, restaurants and businesses are closed to reduce the spread of the coronavirus, and we are encouraged to keep social gatherings to no more than 10 people. As farm...