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25 Sep 2019
By Elaine KubDTN Contributing Analyst And now it's fall. This hardly feels accurate, considering how mild and pleasant the September weather has been (for those of us who haven't been overwhelmed by flooding). Yet, the calendar assures me it's true as Monday was the first official day of fall. That means it's time to think about pumpkin spice fla...
25 Sep 2019
By Victoria G. MyersProgressive Farmer Senior Editor It takes some people a lifetime to find their passion. Matthew King realized after graduating with a degree in microbiology that all he really wanted to do was raise cattle. It was an aha moment that required a pretty drastic U-turn, complicated by the fact that King had dispersed his cow herd du...
25 Sep 2019
By Bryce AndersonDTN Senior Ag Meteorologist OMAHA (DTN) -- As central U.S. producers make plans to harvest corn and soybeans in a year marked by record rain and flooding, prospects already indicate the 2020 crop year could bring more of the same. That's because one of the building blocks of spring flooding -- ample amounts of soil moisture -- is a...
24 Sep 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor KANSAS CITY, Mo. (DTN) -- The waiting continues for the biofuels industry after meetings on the Renewable Fuels Standard continued last week at the White House, but no new details have emerged. Steve Censky, deputy secretary for USDA, said at an agribusiness conference Monday in Kansas City that the Trump admin...
24 Sep 2019
By Anthony GrederDTN Managing Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- The percentage of U.S. corn and soybeans that has reached maturity fell further behind the five-year average last week, according to USDA NASS' latest Crop Progress report released Monday. As of Sunday, 29% of corn was estimated as mature, well behind 69% at the same time last year and 28 percent...