Headline News
RECENT NEWS
16 Apr 2019
By Anthony GrederDTN Managing Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- U.S. corn planting slipped behind the five-year average pace and spring wheat planting fell further behind average last week, according to USDA NASS' weekly Crop Progress report on Monday. For the week ended Sunday, April 14, 3% of the nation's corn crop was planted, equal to last year at the same...
15 Apr 2019
By Loretta Sorensen Progressive Farmer Contributing Editor Most consider conservation practices to be a long-view payoff. Chris Hitzeman sees them as avenues to profitability. The South Dakota farmer uses soil-quality and soil-health programs as the foundation for his self-guided pheasant-hunting business. When Hitzeman purchased his 700-acre Charl...
15 Apr 2019
By Todd HultmanDTN Lead Analyst Just a few months ago, we didn't expect to be talking about another major winter storm across the Northern Plains in early April, but here we are -- reporting heavy snow totals across South Dakota, southern Minnesota and Wisconsin, accompanied by high winds, ice and power outages in surrounding areas. One might thi...
15 Apr 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor WASHINGTON (DTN) -- There were fewer middle-sized farms in 2017 than five years earlier, and the age of the average farm operator continues to tick upward, according to results of the 2017 Census of Agriculture released Thursday. USDA boasted the 2017 Census of Agriculture includes 6.4 million new points of inf...
12 Apr 2019
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Nebraska livestock producers who saw their pastures severely damaged from widespread flooding this spring might have to use annual forages until perennial forages can recover. With pastures now buried under feet of sand along flooded rivers and fences completely destroyed, it will be a long-term proje...