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8 Nov 2019
By Tregg CroninDTN Contributing Analyst There's an old market adage that says, "There is always a bull market somewhere." Corn, soybean and wheat bulls have had opportunities during the 2019-20 marketing year, and some of that story is still being written as harvest continues to plod along across the Midwest. One market that hasn't gotten a lot of ...
7 Nov 2019
By Darcy MaulsbyProgressive Farmer Contributing Editor As he looks across his fields spanning the flat terrain of northern Iowa, Mike Riggert isn't just seeing rows of soybeans. He's thinking about ways to adjust his seeding rates. "For years, we planted a flat rate of 150,000 seeds per acre, but we've definitely cut back on seeding rates in the la...
7 Nov 2019
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- As of Wednesday morning, Harmony, Minnesota, farmers Jeff and Roxi Thompson were having no problem finding enough propane to dry their corn crop. That all changed by Wednesday evening. "We are down to 800 gallons and our supplier called tonight and said he's out of gas and can't tell us when he'll hav...
7 Nov 2019
By Elaine KubDTN Contributing Analyst Any complex, multi-stage process will have some bottleneck. For row-crop harvest, sometimes the bottleneck is at the elevator where trucks get stuck in long lines waiting for the dump to clear. Sometimes the bottleneck is at the equipment in the field where the grain cart is too small or the combines are too sl...
6 Nov 2019
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Prices dropped for seven of eight fertilizers tracked by DTN in the first week of November, as prices continued their downward trend of the past few months. DAP continued to lead the way in price declines since last month, this time dropping $12 per ton to $464. DAP is now 8% less expensive than one y...