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12 Oct 2017
By Elaine KubDTN Contributing Analyst Today -- October 11, 2017 -- is exactly 100 years since the day my great-grandfather penciled the "built-on" date inside the big red barn on our family's farm. We had a good old-fashioned barn dance to celebrate last weekend, which was quite fun and totally worth all the hours of shoveling it required to get th...
12 Oct 2017
By DTN Staff OMAHA (DTN) -- Corn and soybean harvest continued to slip further behind the average pace during the week ended Oct. 8, according to USDA's latest Crop Progress report issued Tuesday. The report was delayed from its normal Monday release due to the Columbus Day holiday. USDA estimated that 82% of corn was mature as of Sunday, 5 points ...
11 Oct 2017
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- The Agriculture Department's Farm Service Agency announced Monday it will suspend accepting most new offers to enroll land in the Conservation Reserve Program until later in the 2018 fiscal year. In the meantime, FSA "will process many pending eligible offers," the agency said in a ne...
11 Oct 2017
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Agriculture leaders are upset by President Donald Trump's announcement Sunday that the administration wants to require e-verification of workers without a new proposal to bring in farm workers, and by the cancellation by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., of the...
11 Oct 2017
By Victoria G. MyersProgressive Farmer Senior Editor When it comes to calving, Russ Daly will take 0°F, calm winds and sun over 40°F with wind and rain anytime. That warmer temperature may sound better, but the South Dakota State University Extension veterinarian knows the likelihood of hypothermia in a newborn calf is going to be much higher ...