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23 Sep 2016
By Lori CullerDTN HR Columnist As labor recruiters searching to fill agricultural positions across the U.S., our team discusses the right level of pay with employers on a daily basis. I've pretty much heard and seen it all when it comes to compensation practices -- the good, the bad and the ugly. The best farms have a deliberate approach to their c...
22 Sep 2016
By John HarringtonDTN Livestock Analyst "Never give a sword to a man who can't dance." Confucius, you took the words right out of my month. Well, maybe I would have put it a bit differently, just to promote a few grains of comprehensible rice. But who can deny it has a nice, cryptic ring, worthy of only the best fortune cookies in Chinatown. Puzzl...
22 Sep 2016
By Dan DavidsonDTN contributing agronomist World records don't just happen at home. Globally, soybean growers are using contests to break yield barriers and that's evident in Brazil. The Brazilians launched a national yield contest in 2008-09 that encompasses five regions and more than 1,000 entrants annually. In the contest, a farmer and agronomi...
21 Sep 2016
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The time may have come to reform the Clean Water Act, a leading Senate Republican said Tuesday following the release of a report that outlines what Republicans say is evidence the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency already is enforcing the waters of the United States rule. Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla...
21 Sep 2016
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices continued their steep decline the second week of September 2016, according to fertilizer retailers surveyed by DTN. For the sixth week in a row, prices for fertilizers are considerably lower with all but one of the fertilizers having sizeable prices drops. Leading the way lowe...