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4 Jan 2019
By Lori CullerDTN HR Columnist How do I get my employees to listen? It's an interesting request I hear often at farm shows and conferences. Many are fed up with employees not listening to their clearly stated steps. I even had one participant say, "I literally give each step a number, and they still miss steps." What drives an employee's behavior ...
4 Jan 2019
By Dan MillerProgressive Farmer Senior Editor JERSEYVILLE, Ill. (DTN) -- The Vahle operation, outside Jerseyville, Illinois, is undergoing a generational change, and Gary Vahle has used this time to add a key piece of infrastructure to the corn and soybean farm. Gary's sons, Brad and Brian, are buying out their uncles, Jim and David, and the invest...
4 Jan 2019
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Thinking of adopting some New Year's resolutions? The National Wheat Yield Contest beat you to it. The National Wheat Foundation has announced a new set of rankings for its 2019 contest, which organizers hope will better reflect U.S. wheat acreage and growers' yield accomplishments. OU...
3 Jan 2019
By Jim PatricoProgressive Farmer Contributing Editor HIGGINSVILLE, Mo. (DTN) -- As awful as it was, the Great Depression did teach people to be creative. They found ways to use things they once might have discarded. Scott Rasa said he learned that valuable lesson from his grandfather Paul Tracy: "He would not throw away anything. Even when a tracto...
3 Jan 2019
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Fertilizer prices continue to move higher, with nitrogen fertilizers once again leading the way, according to retailers tracked by DTN for the last week of December 2018. For the third week in a row, three fertilizers' prices are significantly higher. Overall, seven of the eight fertilizers tracked by ...