Entries for October 2020
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30 Oct 2020
DTN Closing Grain Comments 10/30 13:56 Grains Mixed Friday; Show Gains for October January soybeans and December soy products finished higher Friday, sustained by strong demand and tight supplies of U.S. soybeans. December corn was unchanged and the three U.S. wheats were mixed after a quieter day of trading closed out a bullish performance in Octo...
30 Oct 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- A new final rule issued on Thursday by the EPA makes a number of changes to application exclusion zones when it comes to applying pesticides, designed to protect agriculture workers from exposure in the field. Most notably, AEZ requirements in the worker protection safety rule are designed to keep agriculture workers away from areas ...
30 Oct 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- The Trump administration on Thursday continued with a string of deregulatory decisions over the past week as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced it would "delist" gray wolfs from the Endangered Species Act, turning authority over to states to manage gray wolf populations. With the presidential election next Tuesday, federal ...
30 Oct 2020
ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- EPA released three new dicamba over-the-top herbicide labels on Tuesday: XtendiMax (Bayer), Engenia (BASF) and Tavium (Syngenta). (FeXapan -- Corteva Agriscience's marketed version of XtendiMax -- is not yet registered for use, but Corteva confirmed to DTN that the company will be seeking a federal registration of the produc...
30 Oct 2020
DTN Midday Livestock Comments 10/30 12:08 Livestock Contracts Rally Support into Friday's Afternoon This week's been fruitful for the cattle contracts, but come Friday even the lean hog market has seen support rally. ShayLe Stewart DTN Livestock Analyst General Comments The live cattle contracts are facing a little pressure at midday, but both the ...