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15 Nov 2018
By Pam SmithDTN Progressive Farmer Crops Technology Editor DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- The inclination is to hunker down when the snow flies. But there will be no time for dallying if field conditions firm up this week at Layman Farms located near Kenton, Ohio. The family still has the bulk of their corn crop and several acres of soybeans left to extrac...
14 Nov 2018
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, told reporters Tuesday that Congress should pass the Senate version of the farm bill during the lame duck session, but said it is more likely there will be a one-year extension of the expired 2014 farm bill. In a call to rural reporters, Grassley said of...
14 Nov 2018
By Anthony GrederDTN Managing Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- The nation's row-crop harvest and winter wheat planting progress slowed last week, USDA's National Ag Statistics Service said in its weekly Crop Progress report on Tuesday. The report is normally released on Mondays but was delayed this week due to Veterans Day. As of Sunday, Nov. 11, 88% of the n...
14 Nov 2018
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- The House and the Senate returned to Washington Tuesday to begin the post-election lame-duck session that may or may not include passage of a new farm bill. The chairs and ranking members of the House and Senate agriculture committees have said they will push hard to finish a new farm...
13 Nov 2018
By Scott Williams DTN Entomologist It can feel like insects are as plentiful as the air we breathe, especially in stored grain. "Invisible" yet ever-present, we often fail to appreciate the impact of both forces until it's too late. But, could you use the latter to control the former? The idea may sound silly, but let's try to breathe some life int...