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23 May 2016
By Marcia Zarley TaylorDTN Executive Editor DENVER (DTN) -- Ag lenders are promoting leasing as a way to help farmers get financially fit. Equipment dealers need to keep moving inventory in the midst of a farm recession. But the pressure to lease equipment also is exposing many farmers to credit misunderstandings and unexpected tax bills just at a ...
20 May 2016
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent andChris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor WASHINGTON (DTN) -- State Farm Service Agency offices will get some say in evening out uneven or imbalanced county yield data under the Agricultural Risk Coverage ARC-County program through a potential pilot program. Sen. John Hoeven, a Republican from North Dakota, ...
20 May 2016
By Emily Unglesbee DTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Finally, a good excuse to spend time on Twitter! University Extension scientists are hoping to harness the power of farmers on Twitter to track the spread of corn and soybean diseases this summer. Led by Iowa State University plant pathologist Daren Mueller, the tweet campaign is the ...
20 May 2016
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Onion farmer Chris Pawelski's farm near Warwick, New York, is in a regulation no-man's land of sorts. It's a place where any farmer could end up if regulatory boundaries are muddled or existing state law not enforced. Pawelski can hardly find a government agency to protect his drainage ditch. He once ...
19 May 2016
By Daniel DavidsonDTN Contributing Agronomist Micronutrients are getting more attention thanks to farmers doing more routine soil testing and plant analyses. Those tests show more micronutrient deficiencies even though farmers might not see foliar symptoms in the growing crop. Applying micronutrients also is making more economic sense because toda...