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3 May 2016
By Richard OswaldDTN Special Correspondent LANGDON, Mo. (DTN) -- "It's been a wet one." That's the way DTN View From the Cab farmer Chase Brown characterized last week's conditions for corn planting at his place outside Decatur, Illinois. "It's been slightly soggy. We only planted corn on Monday and Tuesday. We were rained out Wednesday," Chase to...
3 May 2016
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Glyphosate is not likely to be carcinogenic to humans, according to a document inadvertently posted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's website Monday. Monsanto was quick to take advantage of the EPA error, issuing a press statement lauding the report which was completed in October 2015. W...
3 May 2016
By Victoria G. MyersProgressive Farmer Senior Editor The biggest question in the cattle business today is a simple one: Where are the market lows? To know the answer would be to know the parameters this market operates within. It's not a crazy question. Lately, however, it seems as impossible a divination as choosing numbers to win a billion-dollar...
3 May 2016
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Senator Charles Grassley wants USDA to explain disparities in payments for different counties under the Agricultural Risk Coverage program. Grassley, a Republican from Iowa, told reporters in a weekly call Monday that he is sending a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack seeking some answe...
3 May 2016
By Cheri ZagurskiDTN Managing Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Despite what seemed to be a very soggy week in some areas of the Corn Belt, the percentage of the nation's corn crop that was planted increased to 45% as of May 1, according to USDA's weekly Crop Progress report. That's 15 percentage points ahead of last week's total and the five-year average of 3...