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9 Oct 2019
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- USDA's plans to mandate the use of radio frequency identification of animals in interstate commerce has drawn the ire of a number of ranchers who are part of a lawsuit attempting to stop the move. The ranchers, led by the Ranchers Cattlemen Action Legal Fund United Stockgrowers of America, or R-CALF U...
8 Oct 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Dairy farmers may have just finished enrollment for the Dairy Margin Coverage program for 2019, but USDA has just opened enrollment for calendar year 2020. "We know it's tough out there for American farmers, including our dairy producers," Bill Northey, undersecretary for farm production and conse...
8 Oct 2019
By Anthony GrederDTN Managing Editor This article was originally posted at 3:05 p.m. CDT on Monday, Oct. 7. It was last updated at 3:48 p.m. CDT on Monday, Oct. 7. ** OMAHA (DTN) -- The gap between the current percentage of U.S. corn and soybeans that has reached maturity and the five-year average narrowed slightly last week, but harvest progress f...
8 Oct 2019
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst The 2019 spring wheat and durum planting season was stalled by late-spring snow, along with constant rains in some of the key growing areas of the Northern Plains. Fast forward to September and early October and the same can be said for the harvest that never wants to end. Keith Brandt, general manager of Plai...
4 Oct 2019
By Matthew WildeDTN Progressive Farmer Crops Technology Editor Nitrogen application in fall may become the next Blockbuster Video. Jason Webster, commercial agronomist for Precision Planting, used the analogy during a recent field day at the company's Precision Technology Institute (PTI), its research farm in Pontiac, Illinois. He told farmers that...