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17 Sep 2015
By Pam SmithDTN Progressive Farmer Crops Technology Editor WARRENSBURG, Ill. (DTN) -- Dave Shenaut has learned never to underestimate the western corn rootworm (WCR). The early rains that plagued most of the Midwest this summer should have washed away most of the pests, but the Monsanto agronomist is still finding adult beetles this fall. "I've see...
17 Sep 2015
By Daniel DavidsonDTN Contributing Agronomist Producing high corn and soybean yields grabs most of the headlines and farmers' attention. Alfalfa, on the other hand, is too often left to fend for itself. Yet of all the crops, alfalfa is one that most readily responds to fertility and foliar programs. Results are quickly available and easy to see du...
16 Sep 2015
By Elaine KubDTN Contributing Analyst Now that we've been firmly back in the universe of abundant crops and low crop prices for a while, it seems that free storage and delayed pricing programs are a thing of the past. It's one of farming's ironies that when prices are profitable and you don't really need to wait to price grain, grain companies are ...
16 Sep 2015
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- A fall outbreak of highly pathogenic bird flu tops the minds of state agricultural directors, who called on Congress and the Obama administration to ensure there are enough resources to respond to another destructive spread of the virus. The National Association of State Departments of Agricultur...
16 Sep 2015
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Ben Grumbles is an unabashed champion of the total maximum daily load, the so-called 'pollution diet' in place to reduce runoff of agriculture nutrients into the Chesapeake Bay. But the former Environmental Protection Agency official acknowledges TMDLs may not be the right approach for all par...