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25 Oct 2018
By Pam SmithDTN Progressive Farmer Crops Technology Editor DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- Harvest is finally in full swing for Genny Haun and Kyle Krier. The two farmers have been reporting on the 2018 crop season as part of DTN's View From the Cab series. The growing part of the season had set the Ohio and Kansas farmers up for what they hoped would be o...
25 Oct 2018
By Katie DehlingerDTN Farm Business Editor MOUNT JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- Kyle Krier is racing the fall weather. After receiving more than 10 inches of rain on his central Kansas farm in October, he finally started cutting soybeans last Friday. More rain is in the forecast for Wednesday. "Some way, somehow, an absolute miracle was performed, and we ...
24 Oct 2018
By Scott Williams DTN Entomologist Throughout the growing season, you've done everything to protect your crops from pests. It's only natural that you may want to breathe a sigh of relief now that your grain is harvested and safely stored. But, just because it's behind corrugated steel walls doesn't mean industrious insects can't find it. And, perha...
24 Oct 2018
By Lance WoodburyDTN Farm Business Adviser Many family-farm and ranch owners define one aspect of success as the transition of the land and operating business to the next generation. "The opportunity for my kids and grandkids to come back to the farm" is a frequent refrain when I ask about the hopes and goals of the senior generation. Another goal...
24 Oct 2018
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- The wet weather stalling harvest in many parts of the country is affecting more than just the 2018 corn and soybean crop. It is also chipping away at the 2019 winter wheat crop's yield potential. Every day that wheat planting is delayed past the ideal planting window of late September an...