Russ Quinn

Retail fertilizer prices are mostly lower for the second full week of July 2026. Six of the eight major fertilizers are lower compared to last month with four nutrients marking considerable price...

Drought is present in varying degrees across North Dakota this growing season. North Dakota State University Extension specialists recommend livestock producers consider using supplemental forage for their herds. In addition...

Most retail fertilizer prices are lower for the first full week of July 2026. Prices for six of the eight major fertilizers are lower compared to last month with four nutrients having significant price declines, which DTN designates...

DTN tracked mostly lower retail fertilizer prices for the week of the last few days of June and first few days of July 2026, with urea leading four nutrients to significant declines. DTN designates a significant move as anything 5...

Last month in Russ' Vintage Iron, we wrote about the "go devil" implement. It's a vintage cultivator with some interesting features. Several readers sent emails detailing their knowledge of the implement.

Retail fertilizer prices tracked by DTN for the last week of June 2026 were mostly lower compared to a month earlier, led by urea and the UAN fertilizers.

Farmers who suspect their forage crops have high levels of nitrates are encouraged to test for nitrates. Environmental conditions that could raise nitrate levels include drought stress, frost, cloudy weather, hail damage or heavy...

Retail fertilizer prices were mostly lower for the second week in a row, according to retail fertilizer prices tracked by DTN for the third week of June 2026. Leading the fertilizers lower were urea and UAN32. Urea was 12% less...

A new swine influenza vaccination technique has been developed by researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL). The new vaccine approach encases DNA into fat-like microscopic carriers called lipid nanoparticles, which...

While most people look at soybeans as a cash crop, it can also be utilized as forage for livestock. A new study from the University of Missouri shows soybeans can be used as a summer annual which can fill the gap for producers...

Average retail fertilizer prices are mostly lower for the first time since the first week of February 2026. Five fertilizers are lower in price while prices for the remaining three fertilizers were slightly higher compared to last...

Work on farms and ranches continue despite often extremely hot conditions. Producers operating in the heat and the sun should safeguard to prevent heat illnesses. Taking regular breaks, drinking water and using protective...

Retail fertilizer prices continue to be mostly higher compared to last month. However, two fertilizers were lower than a month ago: Urea by 5%, with an average price of $823/ton, and UAN32 slightly lower with an average price of...

Cultivating corn is a bit of a lost art on the farm. No-till practices have made cultivation nearly obsolete on many row-crop farms. One cultivating implement decades ago was called a "go devil...

For the first time since the second week of February 2026, some retail fertilizer prices are slightly lower compared to a month earlier. Two fertilizers, potash and UAN32, were slightly lower looking back a month. The other six...

Federal investment has brought high-speed internet to more parts of rural America since the COVID-19 pandemic, but the digital divide persists.

There is no universal beef cow size, as every cattle producer has different operations and grazing conditions. Extension specialists point to several factors that can help cow-calf producers narrow the window when considering the...

As warmer temperatures begin to be seen in the Midwest, alfalfa weevil populations could be on the increase. Experts tell alfalfa growers to scout their fields every few days and treat fields with high populations of the pest...

All eight major fertilizers logged slightly higher prices for the second full week of May 2026 compared to a month earlier. However, no fertilizer had a considerable price increase for the first time in 13 weeks. That takes us back...

Prices of all eight major fertilizers were higher in the first full week of May 2026 compared to a month earlier. However, only one fertilizer was significantly higher, which DTN designates as anything 5% or more. The remaining seven...

CNH recently donated two methane-powered New Holland tractors to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The tractors will be used at the university's Eastern Nebraska Research, Extension and Education Center near Mead for...

Average retail prices for all eight major fertilizers were up from the previous month during the fourth full week of April 2026. Prices for three fertilizers were again up significantly, which DTN designates as anything 5% or more...