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20 Aug 2021
ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- August is edging toward September, but some corn diseases just won't let up. Tar spot on corn and Southern corn rust remain stubbornly on the move in cornfields in the Midwest. Both diseases are worth scouting for, since they move fast and can require management decisions this fall or in the future, Darcy Telenko, Purdue Uni...
20 Aug 2021
Josh Nelson refers affectionately to his Highland cattle as "long-haired hippie cows." They are definitely head-turners. But there's a lot more to the breed than meets the eye. On Nelson's central Iowa operation, Cardinal Creek Farm, these cattle provide a consumer-direct revenue stream the fifth-generation farm family intends to keep building on. ...
20 Aug 2021
DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- It's the time of year to take pre-harvest yield checks. Not only are in-field checks a good way to see if your crops measure up, but you can get a read on maturity levels and possible harvest problems lurking. Just remember yield numbers prior to harvest are a snapshot in time. "When a lot of these early yields are being reve...
19 Aug 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (DTN) -- Dave Sovereign, president of the American Coalition for Ethanol Board of Directors, opened the ACE annual meeting Thursday making the case that ethanol producers and others need to help consumers "look behind the curtain" when it comes to electric vehicles. The petroleum industry has been ethanol's major foil in court battles a...
19 Aug 2021
Josh Nelson refers affectionately to his Highland cattle as "long-haired hippie cows." They are definitely head-turners. But there's a lot more to the breed than meets the eye. On Nelson's central Iowa operation, Cardinal Creek Farm, these cattle provide a consumer-direct revenue stream the fifth-generation farm family intends to keep building on. ...