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7 Jul 2017
By Elaine KubDTN Contributing Analyst On a planet where there is such an oppressively large amount of wheat, that over a third of it won't even be used in the current marketing year and will instead remain as leftover inventory in storage, it's insane that Minneapolis wheat futures have rallied 55% over the past two months, right? Right? No, not ...
7 Jul 2017
By Daniel DavidsonDTN Contributing Agronomist We have heard a lot about applying nitrogen (N) on soybeans over the past few years. It comes with mixed reviews because supplemental N application only provides a yield benefit about half the time. Commodity prices over the past few years have also dimmed the prospect of return on investment. Still, w...
7 Jul 2017
By Anthony Greder DTN Managing Editor and Russ Quinn DTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Soybean and spring wheat conditions continued to decline last week, while corn conditions rose slightly from the previous week, according to USDA's weekly Crop Progress report released Wednesday. The report was delayed due to the Independence Day holiday on Tuesd...
6 Jul 2017
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst That's not a typo in the title of this week's column. Over the last weekend of June, some of the already drought-stricken areas in north-central South Dakota saw a damaging frost on their corn. The frost didn't hit the winter or spring wheat, but that could be partially due to the fact that there isn't much wi...
6 Jul 2017
By Richard OswaldDTN Special Correspondent LANGDON, Mo. (DTN) -- Any corn farmer will tell you the very best Fourth of July fireworks shows are sheet lightning ahead of an inch of rain. But View From the Cab farmers, Brent and Lisa Judisch of Cedar Falls, Iowa, didn't need to wait until the Fourth for fireworks. That's because they've already had...