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24 Jul 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- With climate action increasingly taking center stage among federal lawmakers and policymakers in Washington, an agriculture subcommittee hearing in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday explored ways on-farm energy production can fit into the big picture.On June 30, a House select committee on climate released a 547-page cong...
24 Jul 2020
ANKENY, Iowa (DTN) -- A six-step nutrient management program can help corn growers take yields to the next level. Yield goals, economics and a crop's nutrient level will determine if nitrogen applications just before or after tassel are included in the program.Pioneer Agronomy Manager Matt Clover believes farmers can increase average yields over ti...
23 Jul 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- USDA cannot conclude right now if anyone in the cattle industry violated the Packers and Stockyards Act in the aftermath of two major market disruptions over the past year.After months of work, USDA released a report Wednesday summarizing volatility in cattle and beef prices following last summer's Tyson fire in Kansas and the loss o...
23 Jul 2020
There's been a lot of talk in the last couple months about the backlog of cattle, the increase in carcass weights and the surplus of supply that the industry is going to have to absorb. But until you can wrap your head around just how much extra product is hitting the retail sector, it's hard to understand the ramifications of this extra supply.Fee...
23 Jul 2020
MT. JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- The heat index on Ryan Jenkin's Florida farm hit 123 degrees earlier this week."But it's good. Crops are growing," he said, adding that at this time last year a drought had them debating how much more money to put into the crop. There are some dry fields this year, but there have also been spotty rains. "There's still ple...