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14 Sep 2017
By Pam SmithDTN Progressive Farmer Crops Technology Editor DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- Farmers interested in growing crops containing 2,4-D tolerance will have an additional herbicide option in 2018. Dow AgroSciences has announced it has received registration for a single-ingredient herbicide called Enlist One. The new 2,4-D choline herbicide joins the...
14 Sep 2017
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Harvest is nearing, but the scouting season is far from over. As the crop dries down, ear and stalk rots are starting to surface in cornfields across the country, plant pathologists warn. "Whenever we have a stressful growing season, then stalk rots can be an issue," noted Iowa State Un...
13 Sep 2017
By Richard OswaldDTN Special Correspondent LANGDON, Mo. (DTN) -- Families can be groups of people or groups of closely related products. Family farmers such as DTN View From the Cab farmer Zack Rendel of Miami, Oklahoma, epitomize both definitions. Zack grew up on his grandparents' farm where he now works side by side with other members of the Rend...
13 Sep 2017
By Todd HultmanDTN Analyst While Texas and Florida try to recover from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, Midwestern corn and soybean prices were hit by Hurricane WASDE Tuesday, left in the wake of another batch of higher row-crop estimates from USDA. USDA's new corn yield estimate of 169.9 bushels per acre likely created enough gasps around the country ...
13 Sep 2017
By Todd HultmanDTN Analyst "We read the world wrong and say that it deceives us." - Rabindranath Tagore, poet. Have you ever had one of those nagging feelings that something isn't right, but couldn't quite put your finger on it? When it comes to talking markets, I've had that sense for a long time. At times, it felt like I was speaking a different...