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1 Jul 2021
ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- The April-planted soybean field Chris DiFonzo scouted last week in Michigan was teeming with tiny green soybean aphids. The Michigan State entomologist counted an average of 400 to 500 aphids per plant, well above the 250-per-plant threshold to consider treatment. Time to spray, surely! Not so fast, DiFonzo cautioned. This w...
30 Jun 2021
DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- It's been hotter than a firecracker in Iowa lately and Kellie Blair has a second cutting of alfalfa that will soon be begging to be baled. "I figure it will be ready right on July Fourth. Holidays don't wait for farmers," said the Dayton, Iowa, farmer. Maybe mowing hay will tempt rain. While wide swaths of the Midwest had rai...
30 Jun 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices continued to rise the third full week of June 2021. After five weeks with no significant price changes, which DTN designates as 5% or more, one fertilizer was noticeably higher. Potash was up 6% compared to last month and had an average price of $469/ton. Prices for the remaining seven fertilizers were just s...
29 Jun 2021
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Rabo AgriFinance LLC may stand in the way of the sale of farm and ranch assets of southeastern Washington's Easterday Ranches Inc. Easterday asked a federal bankruptcy court to issue a temporary restraining order and injunction against the creditor. Rabobank is trying to collect nearly $1.1 million owed it by Easterday, as th...
29 Jun 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- As farmers in parts of the Corn Belt see flooded spots across fields and hail damage from the stretch of intense storms over the past week, questions about crop insurance, revenue guarantees and possible second-crop options come into play for at least a short window, crop-insurance experts explain. For most farmers carrying 80% reven...