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29 Jan 2019
By Dan Crummett Progressive Farmer Contributor B.J. Wilkerson has his hands full overseeing 2,000 acres of irrigated corn and peanut production in addition to running a 700-head cow herd near Trenton, Florida. With 33 center-pivot sprinklers pumping groundwater for the crops, anything he can do to save time and money is sure to get his attention. T...
29 Jan 2019
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Palmer amaranth, possibly the most aggressive weed American farmers have ever faced, is quickly becoming a familiar name to most row crop farmers. For nearly two decades, scientists and farmers have struggled to control it, as herbicide-resistant populations have spread steadily west and...
28 Jan 2019
By Todd HultmanDTN Lead Analyst At the end of November 2018, I laid out what I thought looked like bullish arguments for soybean oil prices. Read "Soybean Oil, Ripe for Bullish Change" here: https://www.dtnpf.com/…. Fundamentally speaking, the article cited recent changes for soybean oil, such as a new mandate in Brazil, which starts in March 2018...
28 Jan 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Corn and soybean prices rallied Friday as news broke that the partial federal government shutdown would end with a three-week short-term funding agreement. The reopening of the federal government might not take all the credit, but March soybeans were up 9 1/4 cents and November soybeans closed ove...
28 Jan 2019
By Katie DehlingerDTN Farm Business Editor MOUNT JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- Blue Cross Blue Shield discontinued Nebraska farmer Randy Uhrmacher's group insurance plan at the beginning of 2018. He and his wife, Kathy, joined her employer's insurance for a year, but it was more expensive. "We were looking for better options," Uhrmacher said. At a 2018 fa...