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20 Apr 2016
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- The corn earworm populations in your cornfield have a dirty little secret. Many of them may be carrying a damaging sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by a nudivirus. In its wild form, the virus is capable of sterilizing one-third of the moths who carry it. Now researchers from th...
20 Apr 2016
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer price trends show no clear pattern as corn planting begins, according to retail fertilizer prices tracked by DTN for the second week of April 2016. Prices for four fertilizers edged higher while the other four fertilizers slipped compared to last month, but none moved by any signific...
18 Apr 2016
By Cheri ZagurskiDTN Managing Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Corn and spring wheat planting moved well ahead of the five-year average in the week ended April 17, according to USDA's latest weekly Crop Progress report. Corn was 13% planted, compared to 4% last week, 7% last year and an 8% average. "Monday's report should be viewed as slightly bearish for cor...
18 Apr 2016
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor NEWARK, N.J. (DTN) -- An experiment in modern agricultural economics is going on in a converted brewery warehouse that last housed a paintball gamer business in a working-class Newark neighborhood. AeroFarms is trying to make indoor vertical farming economically viable in the repurposed 30,000-square-foot brewer...
18 Apr 2016
By Loretta SorensenProgressive Farmer Contributor Jim Kokes knows sprinklers will keep his cattle cool during South Dakota's soaring summer temps. But the feeder also knows tiny water droplets can do more harm than good. "Sprinklers help cattle diffuse heat coming from both the ambient temperature and the rumen during digestion," Kokes said. "But ...