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28 Feb 2019
By Elaine KubDTN Contributing Analyst Low prices for major U.S. crops -- corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton -- make profitable farming a challenge. Geopolitical instability makes the global economy suffer and input costs are unpredictable. The agriculture community craves a savior, the "next big thing," that can stabilize revenue and save the family far...
27 Feb 2019
OMAHA (DTN) -- The month of February is important for growers in the key Corn Belt states who purchase revenue-based crop insurance policies. It's when the projected prices for those policies are set. During February, DTN will post a running tally of the December corn, November soybean and September Minneapolis wheat futures averages in Ag News. T...
27 Feb 2019
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter Over the years, I have written about my own family's vintage iron quite often. We have several, but the one I have written about the most (and obviously my favorite) is a 1957 John Deere 620, which was my grandpa's last tractor. He bought the tractor slightly used in 1958. He operated a small dairy and crop farm and ...
27 Feb 2019
By Greg Lamp Progressive Farmer Contributing Editor When Sara and Kevin Ross look out over their hilly southwest Iowa farm, they see more than just their conservation efforts at work. They also see land that's been in their families for more than 100 years, and that drives them to do what they can to preserve it for the future. Keeping soil in plac...
26 Feb 2019
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ARLINGTON, Va. (DTN) -- In with the new, onward with the old -- that is the unique challenge facing rural America's infrastructure needs. On the one hand, rural citizens and agricultural communities are suffering for lack of reliable, high-speed internet that they need to compete and survive economically. On th...