Corn forces dairy prices up Farmers will charge more to recoup high cost By CRAIG DAVISON Times Herald While corn farmers are seeing increased price for corn per bushel, the increased demand for ethanol, which is driving up corn prices, leaves the budgets of some dairy farmers, restaurants and households in a pinch. Corn forces dairy prices up Farmers will charge more to recoup high cost By CRAIG DAVISON Times Herald While corn farmers are seeing increased price for corn per bushel, the...

The plots are on the south side of the road. The plots are on the south side of the road. The trials are across the road from the winter wheat trials and include chickpea, field pea, safflower and camelina variety trials and chickpea population and chickpea seed size studies. Our goal is to promote a civil discussion about the news of the day and items of interests for those in the rapidcityjournal.com community. We will never edit or alter your comments, but we do reserve the right to not...

Corn growers have a bright future, largely led by the demand for corn-based ethanol fuel, which has boosted corn prices to decade highs. Market opportunities are greater today than even a few years ago, which has created an interesting time to be in the business of growing corn. Acres are being converted to corn and technology alone has allowed Hennenfent's Twin Hill Farms operation to increase production per acre by 30 percent in the last 15 years. Ethanol market boosts prices. Today's...

Farmers generally put the "million-dollar" label on rain that falls in late May and early June because the moisture can add that much to the crop's value by filling out the heads of grain and increasing yield. Reese says this week's rain probably would boost farmers' yields 5-10 bushels per acre. The steady rain that began falling Monday was welcomed. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Sherman Reese, an Echo wheat farmer, says it's the proverbial...

But much of the sweet corn had yet to be planted, so it should still be available for summer. However, heading into the summer growing season, Tennesseans can still expect plenty of sweet corn. And in other news, Phil Bredesen will look for ways to impose a special sweet corn tax to offset loss of tax monies from poor wheat and strawberry crops. Abundant sweet corn crop is expected in Tennessee. The sudden cold snap wiped out many fruit crops and hurt the state's corn and wheat. Since...