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23 May 2018
By Des KellerProgressive Farmer Contributing Editor There is scant activity on an early-spring morning on the streets of tiny Paton, in central Iowa. What movement there is on this sunny, chilly day seems to be occurring at the Paton Pit Stop convenience store, on the east edge of town. The Pit Stop is across the street from a John Deere plant that...
23 May 2018
By Todd HultmanDTN Analyst As the 2017-18 winter wheat season comes to a close in nine days, the price of spot Chicago wheat is on track to finish with an 18% gain. That isn't bad for a year in which USDA says the ending stocks-to-use ratios were 53% for the United States and 36% for world wheat, both at their highest levels in more than three de...
22 May 2018
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Though ethanol margins continue to erode in the third week of May, one certified public accountant who works with a group of ethanol plants in Kansas said there are signs the tide may be turning soon. Donna Funk, a certified public accountant with K-Coe Isom based in Lenexa, Kansas, said the upcoming ...
22 May 2018
By Becky MillsProgressive Farmer Contributing Editor Researchers and cattle producers have known for years that fescue pastures containing a common toxic endophyte can hurt cow conception rates. That same endophyte can affect semen quality in bulls, as well. Scott L. Pratt, Clemson University animal scientist, said researchers there first started e...
22 May 2018
By DTN Staff OMAHA (DTN) -- Corn planting progress reached 81% complete nationwide as of Sunday, May 20, equal to the five-year average, according to the USDA National Ag Statistics Service weekly Crop Progress report released Monday. Nationwide, corn planting progress jumped 19 percentage points last week, up from 62% the previous week. States sho...