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21 Jun 2021
ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Parts of the Northern Plains and Midwest landscape have been full of spiky, rolled corn leaves and wilted, silvery soybean leaves recently, as early summer heat and drought stress has roasted crop fields. These thirsty plants are clearly battling moisture stress, but the bigger question remains: when do those rolled leaves a...
21 Jun 2021
A few weeks ago, on June 1, I did a story titled "Is Spring Wheat on Life Support?" (https://www.dtnpf.com/…) and just a few weeks later many farmers in the severe drought areas of the U.S. Northern Plains would agree that it's probably time to give the 2021 spring wheat crop last rites. "I would downgrade my spring wheat from a mangy coyote, back ...
18 Jun 2021
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- It last rained in Waverly, Minnesota, on May 27, and farmer Dan Glessing is watching his crops nervously, hoping for a break. The latest drought monitor shows expansion of moderate and severe drought in areas of central and southern Minnesota. In southern Minnesota in particular, the number of counties in severe drought jumpe...
18 Jun 2021
President Joe Biden and Congress have been actively pushing to tax the rich, but who are the rich? I think about this often and wonder how representatives in Washington, D.C., define the term. In my opinion, there are different classifications of rich. Everyone knows Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos are rich. But, are farmers rich? We all have heard the e...
18 Jun 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- The DTN average price for domestic distillers dried grains (DDG) with all 40 locations reporting this week ended June 17 was $189 per ton, down $17 from one week ago. DDG prices were sharply lower, due in part to the limit down close in corn on Thursday and the limit down moves in soybeans and soybean oil, pushing soybean meal lower....