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6 Dec 2019
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- USDA is set to open sign-up for the Conservation Reserve Program on Dec. 9 to include both general and continuous enrollments, the Farm Service Agency announced in a press conference on Thursday. There are 22 million acres enrolled in CRP. The 2018 farm bill raised the cap to 27 million acres. Bradley...
6 Dec 2019
By Jim PatricoProgressive Farmer Contributor When commodity prices are stuck in the little-to-no-profit zone, it just makes sense to search for new crops with higher return potential. Five years ago, Annette and Bruce Wiles chose to be among the first Nebraskans to try growing hops. This year, they also planted hemp. The decision to plant specialt...
5 Dec 2019
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The state of Iowa cannot enforce a new ag trespass law signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds last March, after a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction this week in a lawsuit brought against the law by animal rights groups. The order issued Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of ...
5 Dec 2019
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- The ugly trifecta of 2019 -- late planting, high-moisture corn and plentiful rain and snow -- has left many farmers facing unharvested cornfields into December and possibly beyond. Of all the agronomic sins this year has forced onto the landscape, cornfields left standing deep into the w...
5 Dec 2019
By Elaine KubDTN Contributing Analyst Farmers have had a hard time in 2019. From late, wet and sometimes outright-prevented planting in the spring, to the late, wet harvest and profit-eroding drying expenses this fall, their struggles have been well-covered. Approximately 9 million acres of corn is still needed to be harvested at the start of Decem...