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14 Jun 2017
By Pam SmithDTN Progressive Farmer Crops Technology Editor DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- Pucker up is taking on a specific meaning across the soybean belt as reports of dicamba injury start to mount in several states. The slightest whiff of dicamba herbicide causes sensitive soybean leaves to cup and pucker. As of June 12, there had been 41 drift complain...
13 Jun 2017
By Todd HultmanDTN Analyst OMAHA (DTN) -- Corn, soybean and wheat inspections were bullish again this week in this week's export inspections report, according to DTN Analyst Todd Hultman. Corn weekly export inspections were 41.0 mb (1,041,534 mt) for the week ending Thursday, June 8. This is below 67.2 mb for the same week a year ago. Inspections f...
13 Jun 2017
By Paul Queck Progressive Farmer Contributor How late can corn utilize a nitrogen application? New university information finds you can delay the final 20% to 25% of your nitrogen as late as the V10 to V12 growth stage. "That delay is possible because modern corn hybrids have the ability to take up more of their nitrogen in the postflowering period...
13 Jun 2017
By Mary KennedyDTN Basis Analyst From November 2016 to January 2017, North Dakota had received 47 inches of snow, and South Dakota railcars and locomotives were buried in snow. But in last week's USDA Crop Progress report, those same areas are now suffering through drought conditions. In a Jan. 23, 2017, story I wrote titled "Mother Nature Unkind t...
12 Jun 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor WASHINGTON (DTN) -- While there is enthusiasm to rebuild the inland waterways system, farmers who sell grain to river terminals along key waterways could end up losing some value on their grain and oilseed in the funding plan for lock-and-dam projects being proposed by the Trump administration. "There's no ques...