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31 May 2018
By Lori CullerDTN HR Columnist Productive farms must work together as a team. Each employee plays a role on the team, whether it's to operate heavy equipment or manage finances from behind a desk. The team should be built on a solid foundation of communication, trust and accountability. The question is: How can a group of employees create and susta...
30 May 2018
By Daniel DavidsonDTN Contributing Agronomist EDITOR's NOTE: Becoming better nitrogen (N) managers in corn production starts with planning. In this article, originally written in 2017, agronomist Dan Davidson walks us through how to account for all nitrogen forms as we think about in-season applications. ** There are many good ways to manage N in-s...
30 May 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Investigators at the Food and Drug Administration spent the past two months trying to track the source of romaine lettuce linked to 172 confirmed illnesses, 75 hospitalizations and at least one death. The FDA found at least one Arizona farm involved but agency investigators can't confirm if all of...
30 May 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- The U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday that Bayer and Monsanto will have to divest of $9 billion in assets, largely to BASF, for the Trump Administration to approve of the Bayer-Monsanto merger, valued at $62.5 billion. The announcement largely meshes with a move several months ago by ...
29 May 2018
By Todd HultmanDTN Analyst Back in early May 2017, "The Other Wheat Sneaks Higher," was this column's attempt to describe bullish changes happening in spring wheat prices. At the time, no one knew that drought would take prices from the low-$5s in early May to $7.78 a bushel by early July. In fact, moderate drought conditions had not even appeared ...