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23 Aug 2018
By Pam SmithDTN Progressive Farmer Crops Technology Editor DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- Kyle Krier can't ever remember seeing it quite so green in central Kansas this time of year. Genny Haun, of Kenton, Ohio, is having similar thoughts about conditions on her family farm located near Kenton, Ohio. "It seems like we get just what we need when we need it,...
23 Aug 2018
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Like most independent seed sellers in the U.S., Sonny Beck sells Xtend soybean seed, designed to be tolerant of over-the-top dicamba applications. But the CEO of Beck's Hybrids, the fourth-largest seed company in the U.S., would like to sell other herbicide-tolerant traits, too -- such as Liberty...
22 Aug 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (DTN) -- Traceability in the agricultural supply chain remains a complex challenge, but commodity industries, food and clothing retailers are increasingly looking at what blockchain can do for their businesses. The prospects of blockchain came up repeatedly this week at an Ag Technology and The...
22 Aug 2018
By Greg D. HorstmeierDTN Editor-in-Chief OMAHA (DTN) -- Despite expected yield shortfalls in some Midwest states, record or near-record U.S. corn and soybean crops are forecast for 2018. As the DTN Digital Yield Tour 2018 powered by Gro Intelligence comes to a close, models still predict a national corn yield of 174.99 bushels per acre (bpa) and a...
22 Aug 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (DTN) -- In an era of tremendous change in agricultural technology, it's more important than ever that agribusinesses, research universities and farmers protect themselves against the risks of intellectual theft. Protecting trade secrets was highlighted last week at an agricultural technology ...