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22 Mar 2022
You can call it "progressive" or "zonal" or something else, but the upper-air pattern heading into the last week of March and through the first two weeks of April is going to favor a different type of weather system. They are not quite Alberta Clippers (moving from Alberta through the Great Lakes) and not quite "Colorado lows" (systems that move fr...
22 Mar 2022
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (DTN) -- Used machinery prices continue to soar and there's not much of an end in sight, according to Mark Stock, CEO of Big Iron Auctions. "Higher than high," he said in a recent interview. Planters, trucks and tractors have been particularly hot on Big Iron, an online auction site for used farm and construction equipment as well a...
21 Mar 2022
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- A federal court in Nebraska granted Archer Daniels Midland's change of venue motion to move an ongoing ethanol markets lawsuit filed by Green Plains Inc. to Illinois where similar cases are pending, in an order handed down by the court March 18. Green Plains filed a new lawsuit in the Nebraska court last October, alleging ADM...
21 Mar 2022
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Butler County, Missouri, farmer Jared Wilson reached the end of his rope last fall. His 690 John Deere combine broke down about a quarter of the way through harvest on his 4,000-acre farm south of Kansas City. The breakdown came after his local dealer did work on the machine to make sure it was ready to roll. The mechanic ins...
21 Mar 2022
Editor's Note: This article includes updated information. The original can be found at www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/crops/article/2022/02/03/six-management-tactics-tackle-tar. ** ANKENY, Iowa (DTN) -- Tar spot is top of mind for many corn growers heading into spring planting, and seed companies are increasingly providing information about what ...