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24 Jun 2016
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor WAHOO, Neb. (DTN) -- Experts on poultry contracts have spent the last week in eastern Nebraska talking to farmers about issues to consider and the possible pitfalls of a bad contract as farmers consider the income potential of a new broiler operation in the region. Costco Wholesale Corp. has been working all sp...
24 Jun 2016
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- This bi-monthly column condenses the latest news in the field of crop technology, research and products. NEW TOOL AGAINST PLANT BUGS AND THRIPS Look out tarnished plant bugs and thrips -- Bt technology is coming for you. Bt proteins have been used to target caterpillars and some beetles i...
23 Jun 2016
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- After months of negotiations, Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts and ranking member Debbie Stabenow on Thursday released a bill that requires mandatory disclosure labels for most foods with genetically modified ingredients, but gives companies varying labeling options. ...
23 Jun 2016
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- A grower finds patches of wilting and dead soybeans in a field planted into a dense stand of rye cover crops. Is it a residual herbicide gone rogue or a bad case of Phytophthora root rot? Another grower reports the appearance of frogeye leaf spot on the leaves of very young soybean plan...
23 Jun 2016
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- A grower finds patches of wilting and dead soybeans in a field planted into a dense stand of rye cover crops. Is it a residual herbicide gone rogue or a bad case of Phytophthora root rot? Another grower reports the appearance of frogeye leaf spot on the leaves of very young soybean plan...