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10 Aug 2022
Editor's Note: The original version of this story was published in 2021. It has been updated with the latest information and thinking on the subject of taking yield estimates. ** DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- It's the time of year to take pre-harvest yield checks. Not only is it a good way to see if your crops measure up, but you can get a read on maturit...
10 Aug 2022
This year's late-planted corn and soybean crops still have a way to go, but that won't keep USDA and all of us from straining, trying to estimate yields that are still at risk. The Friday, Aug. 12, World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) and Crop Production reports from USDA will not only try to refine USDA's harvest predictions but ...
10 Aug 2022
OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices continue to push lower, according to locations tracked by DTN for the first week of August 2022. For the first time during the current price shift lower, all eight major fertilizers are lower in price compared to last month, and multiple fertilizers are down a substantial amount. DTN designates a significant ...
9 Aug 2022
By Matthew Wilde, Progressive Farmer Crops Editor, and Katie Dehlinger, DTN Business Editor ANKENY, Iowa (DTN) -- Cooler midsummer temperatures and beneficial rains are showing up in promising corn and soybean yield estimates for Illinois, Ohio and Indiana during Day 2 of the DTN Digital Yield Tour, powered by Gro Intelligence. "I think the Eastern...
9 Aug 2022
OMAHA (DTN) -- Farmers will be offered more incentives to plant cover crops or adopt other conservation practices after Democrats in the Senate pushed through the Inflation Reduction Act on Sunday, a bill considered key to President Joe Biden's agenda on climate change and health care. Vice President Kamala Harris broke a 50-50 tie to pass the bill...