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17 Apr 2017
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Ron Tombaugh is seeing his alfalfa fields green up. The Streater, Illinois, hay and straw producer said while it is too early to know exactly what is in store for forage crops this growing season, he does know conditions appear good for early season growth. "We haven't seen a lot of heaving, and we ha...
17 Apr 2017
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- After a tough couple of seasons, western corn rootworm populations are heading into the spring with high hopes. "It's a rebuilding year for Team Rootworm," said Joe Spencer, an entomologist with the Illinois Natural History Survey. Heavy rains decimated rootworm populations during their...
13 Apr 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Leaders of the Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council capped a long effort to right the ship at the organization on Wednesday with an announcement to form a partnership with an Iowa company to commercialize a non-biotech, high-oleic soybean seed developed through farmer checkoff dollars. Just a ...
12 Apr 2017
By Todd HultmanDTN Analyst So far in 2017, May corn has traded within a 33-cent range, between a high of $3.87 1/4 in mid-February and a low of $3.54 1/4 on March 27. Even though prices were down in March, the low is still over 20 cents higher than the low May corn prices left behind last August when traders were anticipating a record U.S. corn har...
12 Apr 2017
By Darin NewsomDTN Senior Analyst Let me begin by saying that if you've been following along on your DTN heading into USDA's April round of monthly Supply and Demand reports, you weren't surprised by any of the numbers. The main takeaway is that USDA basically left old-crop demand for all three major grains largely unchanged, setting the stage for ...