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25 Apr 2018
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter Actionable Insights: -- Minimize tillage and wait for dry soils -- Consider a switch to in-season nitrogen applications and skip other nutrients -- Don't switch maturity groups yet -- Stick with planting depths of 1.5 to 2 inches, but consider a lower seeding rate -- Make sure you have the right Bt traits ** RO...
24 Apr 2018
By Todd HultmanDTN Analyst We are just past mid-April, and sensing the warmth of a new growing season across the Midwest, we have to say that row-crop prices have done fairly well, considering last fall's big harvests. Since the end of 2017, Dec corn is up 20 1/4 cents and Nov soybeans are up 52 1/2 cents. The surprise of Argentina's drought in ear...
24 Apr 2018
OMAHA (DTN) -- Soybean planting is on an average pace nationwide, but corn planting remains well behind average in the week ended April 22, according to USDA's National Ag Statistics Service's weekly Crop Progress report released Monday. Soybeans are 2% planted, compared to 5% last year and a 2% average. Corn planting is 5% complete, compared to 3%...
24 Apr 2018
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst Rail shippers in Canada and the U.S. could be heard breathing a sigh of relief late Friday evening after the CP announced it had come to what may be just a temporary agreement with the two unions that had planned to strike April 21. If that strike occurs, it will disrupt rail movement in and out of Canada and ...
23 Apr 2018
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- A spring blizzard with high winds and moderate-to-heavy snow blasted much of South Dakota late last week and this past weekend, killing some livestock and sending a number of cattle producers scrambling to protect their cows and young calves. Initial reports from across the state indicate there were...