Right "Data" Farming
Posted by Dan Miller , Progressive Farmer Senior EditorAgriculture in 2019 America is about data. But yield is not an end goal in data farming. Profit per acre and replication of outcome is the brass ring.
Blogs
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Machinery Chatter
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Ag Weather Forum
Midwest Conditions Improve
Posted by Mike Palmerino , DTN Senior Ag MeteorologistThere's been some improvement in field conditions in the Midwest during the past seven days.
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Canada Markets
Pre-Report Estimates for Canadian Seeded Acres
Posted by Cliff Jamieson , Canadian Grains AnalystThe range of pre-report trade estimates for Canadian seeded acres of selected crops are combined for two media polls, providing an idea of what is expected ahead of Wednesday's Statistics Canada report. Consensus points to lower canola acres, higher flax and oat acres, while...
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South America Calling
Weather Favors Brazil Second-Crop Corn
Posted by Mike Palmerino , DTN Senior Ag MeteorologistCentral Brazil continues to see a very favorable weather pattern providing moisture for second-crop corn.
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Ag Policy Blog
U.S. Farmers at Risk of Losing Japanese Market
Posted by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy EditorOn Monday, 90 groups and agribusinesses wrote U.S. Trade Ambassador Robert Lighthizer asking him to quickly get moving on a U.S.-Japan trade agreement because U.S. agriculture is now at greater risk of losing market share to the European Union and the countries included in...
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Minding Ag's Business
Five Ways to Increase Employee Engagement
Posted by Lori Culler , DTN Farm Business AdviserHere are five practices you can implement with relatively low cost and investment of time to help keep an employee engaged.
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Technically Speaking
Chart Analysis: US Cash Grain Prices
Posted by Todd Hultman , DTN Lead AnalystA technical look at weekly charts of DTN national indices for corn, soybeans and HRW wheat.
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An Urban's Rural View
The Answer to the Question in the First Paragraph is "Yes"
Posted by Urban C Lehner , Editor EmeritusIn which we explain why campaigning for laws banning plant-based products from being called "meat" is not the optimal strategy for cattle raisers.
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Market Matters Blog
DTN Weekly DDG Average Price Down Five Cents
Posted by Mary Kennedy , DTN Basis AnalystDTN's weekly spot price for domestic distillers dried grains was lower on average at $134 per ton.
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Production Blog
Make Your Specialty Known: Sensitive-Crop Registry Included in Dicamba Requirements
Posted by Emily Unglesbee , DTN Staff ReporterPesticide applicators have a responsibility to check field registry services under current dicamba labels, but that means farmers must take steps to register.
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Fundamentally Speaking
"Trend" Yield for 2019 U.S. Corn Crop
Posted by Joel Karlin , DTN Contributing Analyst10, 20 and 30-year trends and 2019 projection
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Harrington's Sort & Cull
Cattle Charm Wasted?
Posted by John Harrington , DTN Livestock AnalystJohn Harrington gives his thoughts on what could have become of former Vice President Joe Biden had he gone a different route as a young lad.
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Editors' Notebook
MyPlanting19 Contest Kickoff
Posted by Greg D Horstmeier , DTN Editor-in-ChiefDTN/Progressive Farmer is continuing its tradition, for a third year in a row, of having a photo contest to document and share the trials and the successes of this critical, historical, planting season.
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Ethanol Blog
House, Senate Bills Propose Extension of Expired Biodiesel tax Credit
Posted by Todd Neeley , DTN Staff ReporterCompanion bills in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate would extend the biodiesel blenders tax credit that has been expired for about one year.