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2 Apr 2018
By Karl WolfshohlProgressive Farmer Contributing Editor A stickler for detail and the owner of good land, Dan Gause was no stranger to high-yield corn production when he switched to precision farming in 2011. Balancing out fertility across fields put him on the road to even higher yield levels. "Precision agriculture is what we do here and have bee...
29 Mar 2018
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Average retail fertilizer prices inched higher the third week of March 2018, continuing a trend that has been in place since last fall, according to retailers surveyed by DTN. One difference was that the price moves higher were smaller than the increases seen the previous three weeks. DAP had an aver...
29 Mar 2018
By Emily Unglesbee DTN Staff Reporter and Todd Neeley DTN Staff Reporter WASHINGTON (DTN) -- There are more soybeans than ever in the U.S. right now -- and more on the way. Quarterly soybean stocks swelled to a record 2.11 billion bushels, up a whopping 21% from March 2017, and at the high end of pre-report analyst estimates. At the same time, ...
29 Mar 2018
By Elaine KubDTN Contributing Analyst Perhaps, sitting in a bar one evening, a friend told you that corn yields tend to be great during years that end in "6." Or perhaps you've heard of the 18-year cycle in the stock markets? Or the 60-year cycle in wheat prices? Or the 14 3/4-year cycle in soybean prices, which only holds true if the previous year...
28 Mar 2018
By Lin TanDTN China Correspondent WUHAN, Hubei Province, China (DTN) -- On a trip last week from Beijing to south China, a visiting Iowa Soybean Association delegation sought to ease concerns about possible Chinese tariffs on soybeans and to emphasize shared benefits of trade. "We're hopeful the rhetoric between the politicians isn't too damaging a...