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    Enlist Soybeans Approved

    • Soybeans tolerant to 2,4-D, glyphosate and glufosinate make for an interesting landscape this year. (Courtesy photo)

      Herbicide Trait Gets Thumbs Up

      2/21/2019 | 4:58 PM CST

      The Enlist E3 soybean trait gained vital approvals that will allow it to be planted in 2019.

    • DTN Retail Fertilizer Trends

      Most Retail Fertilizer Prices Continue to Move Higher

      2/20/2019 | 6:39 AM CST

    • Sulfur Fertilizers: One Vital Nutrient

      Research Shows Season-Long Availability of Sulfur Vital for Most Crops

      2/19/2019 | 1:29 PM CST

    • Dicamba Data Download

      Scientists Illuminate the Causes of Volatility and Off-Target Dicamba Injury at WSSA

      2/15/2019 | 2:28 PM CST
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    Heifer Development

    • By the time a heifer is 13 to 15 months of age she should be at 65% of her mature weight. (DTN/Progressive Farmer photo by Becky Mills)

      Calendar the Best Way to Spot Top Replacements

      2/18/2019 | 12:11 PM CST

      How a heifer looks, or even her genetics, won't be the keys to finding the best replacements.

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      Harvesting Sunlight

      2/18/2019 | 12:06 PM CST

    • Ask the Vet

      The Inside Story: Cows and Cud

      2/18/2019 | 11:51 AM CST

    • The Market's Fine Print

      Black Cows on Blond Stalks

      2/18/2019 | 11:46 AM CST
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    Barn to Roam

    • Glenn Arnold grew up helping on a family dairy in the Rocky Mountains. The barn his father built in 1928 was at the center of that life and, now, has been saved by a ride up the road. (Progressive Farmer photo by Joel Reichenberger)

      Iconic Farm Structure Finds New Purpose in Resort Town

      2/19/2019 | 9:05 AM CST

      This farmer worked on the ground for decades before building a new shop. This is the third story in DTN/The Progressive Farmer's series on...

    • Case-IH Rolls Out New Tractor

      Case-IH Rolls Out New 'Connected' Magnum

      2/19/2019 | 9:01 AM CST

    • Save With VFDs

      Use of Varying Frequency to Control Irrigation Pumps Gains Fans

      2/4/2019 | 7:07 AM CST

    • Against the Grain

      Instinct Battles Technology as Innovation, New Generation Sweep Onto Farms

      1/28/2019 | 1:09 PM CST
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    S&P 500's Three-Day Win Streak Ends

    • S&P 500's Three-Day Win Streak Ends

      2/21/2019 | 4:02 PM CST

      Health care and energy companies led U.S. stocks lower Thursday, ending a three-day winning streak for the S&P 500 and giving the benchmark...

    • Oil Products Rally to Fresh Highs

      Oil Products Rally to Fresh Highs

      2/21/2019 | 3:01 PM CST

    • Metal Tariffs Still Dog USMCA

      Ratifying New Trade Deal Depends on US Lifting Steel, Aluminum Tariffs

      2/21/2019 | 12:03 PM CST

    • Stocks Lower, Threatening Win Streak

      Stocks Lower, Threatening Win Streak

      2/21/2019 | 9:55 AM CST
    Business & Inputs
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    EIA: Ethanol Stocks Build

    • EIA: Ethanol Stocks Build

      2/21/2019 | 4:58 PM CST

      Domestic ethanol inventories increased in the week ended Feb. 15, with the build realized even as plant production fell from a three-week high.

    • Corn, Soybeans to Have Higher PLC Yield

      Farmdoc Analysis: Number of Base Acres to PLC Likely to Increase

      2/21/2019 | 12:12 PM CST

    • Crop Insurance Update

      RMA Administrator: No Hemp Coverage Currently, New Enterprise Coverage Coming

      2/19/2019 | 9:15 AM CST

    • WOTUS 60-Day Public Comment Begins

      EPA, Corps of Engineers on Track to Finalize this Year

      2/19/2019 | 9:12 AM CST
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    Taking in the Scope of Mato Grosso

    • Farmers from the Midwest and Canada, along with their spouses, check out sugar-cane harvesters during a trip to a sugar refinery and ethanol plant in south-central Mato Grosso, Brazil in early February. (DTN photo by Chris Clayton)

      US Farmers Highlight Size of Farms, Technology and Infrastructure of Brazilian Agriculture

      2/19/2019 | 9:24 AM CST

      DTN joined a tour of U.S. farmers through parts of Amazonia, Mato Grosso and Parana states in Brazil during the first two weeks in February...

    • Mato Grosso's Bumpy Ride

      Infrastructure Improvements Remain the Promise and the Challenge for Brazil's Big Ag State

      2/19/2019 | 9:18 AM CST

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      Harvesting Sunlight

      2/11/2019 | 9:06 AM CST

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      Soil to Sip

      2/11/2019 | 9:03 AM CST
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    Agriculture Confidence Index

    Agriculture Confidence Index Results: Optimism Rises as Temperatures Fall

    1/2/2018 | 7:34 AM CST

    DTN/PF's survey of farmers to determine the Agriculture Confidence Index shows that while farmers are more optimistic than a year ago, the...

    • Editors' Notebook

      Confidence, It's in the Name

      1/3/2018 | 11:53 AM CST

    • Ag Confidence Index

      DTN/PF Survey Reveals Shine Coming Off Farmer Optimism

      9/5/2017 | 7:57 AM CDT
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