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14 Sep 2017
By Elaine KubDTN Contributing Analyst Well, it looks like there's going to be another large crop to deal with. Over the next 10 weeks or so, 14.2 billion bushels of corn and 4.4 billion bushels of soybeans are expected to be harvested out of U.S. crop fields, and much of that will be brought into local elevators, then poured onto a series of trucks...
14 Sep 2017
By Pam SmithDTN Progressive Farmer Crops Technology Editor DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- Farmers interested in growing crops containing 2,4-D tolerance will have an additional herbicide option in 2018. Dow AgroSciences has announced it has received registration for a single-ingredient herbicide called Enlist One. The new 2,4-D choline herbicide joins the...
14 Sep 2017
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Harvest is nearing, but the scouting season is far from over. As the crop dries down, ear and stalk rots are starting to surface in cornfields across the country, plant pathologists warn. "Whenever we have a stressful growing season, then stalk rots can be an issue," noted Iowa State Un...
13 Sep 2017
By Richard OswaldDTN Special Correspondent LANGDON, Mo. (DTN) -- Families can be groups of people or groups of closely related products. Family farmers such as DTN View From the Cab farmer Zack Rendel of Miami, Oklahoma, epitomize both definitions. Zack grew up on his grandparents' farm where he now works side by side with other members of the Rend...
13 Sep 2017
By Todd HultmanDTN Analyst While Texas and Florida try to recover from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, Midwestern corn and soybean prices were hit by Hurricane WASDE Tuesday, left in the wake of another batch of higher row-crop estimates from USDA. USDA's new corn yield estimate of 169.9 bushels per acre likely created enough gasps around the country ...