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18 Jul 2019
By Pamela SmithDTN Progressive Farmer Crops Technology Editor PRINCETON, Ind. (DTN) -- On one side of the southwestern Indiana country road, the corn is tasseling. Ear size appeared set at 16 rows around and pollination was underway. Directly across the road, a field planted one day later looks as if it is having the corny equivalent of a bad hair ...
18 Jul 2019
By Elaine KubDTN Contributing Analyst Here's a story about averages, to illustrate the dangers of using this statistical tool: Two pheasant hunters were walking through the prairie and flushed a big rooster. The first hunter took a shot but his pellets all flew five feet too far to the right. The second hunter also took a shot, but his pellets all ...
18 Jul 2019
By Matt WildeProgressive Farmer Editor COLUMBIA, Mo. (DTN) -- University of Missouri (Mizzou) research has shown that soybeans entering the reproductive phase are most vulnerable to injury from dicamba. That reproductive time is now across the major production areas, according to the latest U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Crop Progress and c...
17 Jul 2019
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Representatives from a cross section of livestock industries told members of a House Agriculture subcommittee on Tuesday their livelihoods depend on federal efforts to expand trade. The panelists took the occasion to press House members to approve the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) as s...
17 Jul 2019
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The extremely wet, cool weather in the first half of the growing season for most of the Midwest had a negative effect on all crops -- especially forage crops. Farmers in the upper Midwest saw many acres of alfalfa damaged from winterkill and once the growing season started, forage crops were behind no...