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19 Oct 2021
A compact system is going to be moving through the Corn Belt through Oct. 21 and will produce scattered showers from South Dakota through Michigan which could be moderate in some cases, especially in South Dakota and Minnesota. Snow is also forecast from eastern Wyoming and into western South Dakota yet again this week. Last week, 1 to 2 feet of sn...
19 Oct 2021
ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Frank Appleberry has a list of things to apply each spring to his crop fields in Tillar, Arkansas: preplant fertilizer, preemergence herbicides and oh, don't forget the liquid blend of pulverized caterpillars, teeming with live viruses. It sounds unconventional, but for a growing number of American farmers, this type of bioi...
19 Oct 2021
Owning a family business involves hundreds of decisions. Seed purchases, equipment trades, land purchases, input pricing, labor strategies and crop marketing are just the tip of the iceberg. Every day, you make dozens of choices that affect the efficiency, profitability and longevity of your farm. When adding family members to the decision-making p...
18 Oct 2021
This article was originally posted at 3:05 p.m. CDT on Monday, Oct. 18. It was last updated at 3:48 p.m. CDT on Monday, Oct. 18. ** OMAHA (DTN) -- Widespread precipitation across the U.S. last week slowed soybean harvest somewhat, while corn harvest continued at a steady pace, USDA NASS said in its weekly national Crop Progress report Monday. Soybe...
18 Oct 2021
The current shipping crisis has been an ongoing fiasco for well over a year and it continues to get worse. Shipping containers to load soybeans and other commodities have been elusive, especially for many ag shippers, as containers were returned to China empty. Railroad yards have been backlogged with containers for months. Perhaps the most stunnin...