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13 Sep 2019
By David Bennett Progressive Farmer Contributor Under a darkening sky during the latest rain, Perry Galloway stood alongside a healthy corn crop. The Gregory, Arkansas, grower and aerial applicator was pleased with what he saw even though plants that were 8 feet tall in mid-July would normally be several feet taller. Persistent precipitation slowe...
10 Sep 2019
By Jim Ruen Progressive Farmer Contributor David Castleberg is serious about seed placement in his corn acres and getting more serious all the time. Raising corn and soybeans on 2,000 acres of rolling prairie in southeastern Minnesota, Castleberg knows that every field is different and needs to be treated accordingly. That means matching population...
10 Sep 2019
By Anthony Greder DTN Managing Editor This article was originally posted at 3:08 p.m. CDT on Monday, Sept. 9. It was last updated at 4:03 p.m. CDT on Monday, Sept. 9. ** OMAHA (DTN) -- Corn condition, which is already at a six-year low, dropped last week, according to USDA NASS' latest Crop Progress report released Monday. NASS estimated that, as ...
10 Sep 2019
By Todd Neeley DTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The farmer-owned CountryMark cooperative and fuel refinery is caught in the middle of the small-refinery exemption controversy. The company operates in Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio and Kentucky -- most of its customers at more than 100 retail stations are farmers and rural communities that have ...
9 Sep 2019
By Pamela Smith DTN Progressive Farmer Crops Technology Editor Pat Sanstrom started scouting corn early this season. Like many farmers, he was forced to plant some fields into wetter-than-ideal conditions and later than preferred. "The best way to know what's coming next is to dig in and try to identify anything else that could further compromise s...