Russ Quinn

A comprehensive approach to bull management is recommended for cow-calf producers, especially right after the completion of the breeding season. Management should include nutrition supplementation after the season, a soundness...

Four of the eight major fertilizers were higher in price compared to last month. For the first time in nine weeks, a fertilizer had a considerable price move. DTN designates a significant move as anything 5% or more. MAP was 6...

Four of the eight major fertilizers were higher compared to last month. For the ninth week in a row, no fertilizers' price was considerably higher or lower. DTN designates a significant move as anything 5% or more.

A recent family trip through Colorado, Wyoming and western Nebraska yielded many interesting vintage iron sightings, including a 1960s International tractor and an unknown chopper harvesting alfalfa. This brought back memories of...

Prices of four of the eight major fertilizers were higher compared to last month. For the eighth week in a row, no fertilizer price was considerably higher or lower. DTN designates a significant move as anything 5% or more.

With high temperatures and high humidity this week, farmers and farm workers need to be aware of heat stress. Symptoms of heat stress can be difficult to recognize but can quickly worsen, causing illness or even death.

Average retail prices for five of the eight major fertilizers were higher compared to last month. For the sixth week in a row, no fertilizer price was considerably higher or lower. DTN designates a significant move as anything 5...

Average agricultural land value in Nebraska decreased in 2025 for the first time in six years, according to the final report from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's 2024-2025 Farm Real Estate Market Survey. Ag land in the...

Average retail prices for six of the eight major fertilizers were higher during the second week of July 2025 compared to last month. However, for the fifth week in a row, no fertilizer saw a significant price move in either...

Average retail prices for five of the eight major fertilizers were higher compared to last month. For the fourth week in a row, no fertilizer prices were considerably higher or lower. DTN designates a significant move as anything...

Livestock producers need to keep an eye out for cyanobacteria in water sources. North Dakota State University Extension specialists have been getting some reports of blooms in livestock water sources. The toxin, also known as...

Average retail prices for five of the eight major fertilizers were higher compared to last month. For the third week in a row, no fertilizer was priced considerably higher or lower. DTN designates a significant move as anything 5...

DTN's Russ Quinn recently came across an interesting column on the internet titled "17 Classic Tractors We Want in Our Shed." That got him thinking: What vintage iron would he want if money and shed space were no objects?

Icon Global is offering for sale the historic Cato Soldier Creek Ranch located in Sheridan, Wyoming. The ranch was formerly known as PK Ranch and its homestead was a stagecoach stop along the Bozeman Trail. Businessman Wayland...

For the second week in a row, average retail prices for all fertilizers saw only slight movement -- mostly to the higher side. However, according to one expert, the fertilizer market is intently watching Iran's response to the U.S...

Prices for seven of the eight major fertilizers were higher the second week of June 2025 compared to last month. For the first time this spring, no fertilizer saw a significant price move in either direction, which DTN designates...

The plant, poison hemlock, is poisonous to both livestock and humans. The toxic plant can grow just about anywhere but is often found in fence lines and into pastures and hay fields. Control of the plants can be done by physical...

Prices of seven of the eight major fertilizers were higher compared to last month. Just one fertilizer had a sizable price increase compared to a month earlier for the third consecutive week. Urea was 7% higher with an average...

Those who graze livestock and want to intensify or increase current grazing efforts without the stress of fencing may want to consider virtual fencing. Here's a chance to learn more during the next few months about this...

Seven of the eight major fertilizers were higher compared to last month. Two fertilizers (urea and UAN28) had a sizable price increase compared to last month for the third consecutive week. DTN designates a significant move as...

A week-long, in-person program is available to small meat lockers through the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) Extension. The program is Sept. 7-13 on UNL's East Campus in Lincoln. The course will guide participants to ensure a...

After DTN's Russ Quinn wrote about tractor innovator Harry Ferguson, Quinn received an email from a Northern Ireland man who is campaigning for a museum be built in his country to honor Ferguson as the man who changed...

Seven of the eight major fertilizers were higher compared to last month. Once again three fertilizers (urea, UAN28 and UAN32) had a sizable price increase compared to last month for the third consecutive week. DTN designates a...

The downside to record high cattle prices is that cattle producers' animals are now becoming targets for modern day cattle rustlers. While hanging a rope from a tall oak tree might seem to be a good solution to the problem, there...