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18 May 2017
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- In central Illinois, one farmer just finished reseeding wet holes in some cornfields and is eying other fields anxiously. In southwestern Indiana, another is walking fields and counting corn stands, with up to a third of acres facing replant. Midwest farmers face difficult decisions in ...
18 May 2017
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- In central Illinois, one farmer just finished reseeding wet holes in some cornfields and is eying other fields anxiously. In southwestern Indiana, another is walking fields and counting corn stands, with up to a third of acres facing replant. Midwest farmers face difficult decisions in ...
17 May 2017
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- If your corn survived heavy rains, flooding and cold soils, you're lucky -- but you're not safe. The recent welcome wave of heat and sun in the Midwest is speeding along insect development just as well as crop growth. Armyworms and black cutworms should be on the top of your scouting lis...
17 May 2017
By Richard OswaldDTN Special Correspondent LANGDON, MO. (DTN) -- "We've pretty well been in the field most of the week." That's how DTN View From the Cab farmer Brent Judisch summed up the last seven days at his farm outside of Cedar Falls, Iowa. But there were exceptions. "Six-tenths of rain on Wednesday kept us out on Wednesday and Thursday. W...
17 May 2017
By Todd HultmanDTN Analyst The end of the 2017-18 season is still more than a year away, but if USDA's new estimates are close, world corn use will exceed production for the first time in seven seasons by 28.64 million metric tons or 1.13 billion bushels. USDA's lower estimate of world ending corn stocks at 195.3 mmt doesn't justify $5.00 a bushel...