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18 Oct 2016
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Farmers buying corn seed with western bean cutworm in mind should tread carefully this fall. Two Bt traits are labeled to control the pest, Herculex I (Cry1F) and Viptera (Vip3A). However, Cry1F is under fire from scientists and farmers, after the trait failed to protect many cornfields...
17 Oct 2016
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Let the negotiations begin. On Wednesday, John Deere announced its intent to license Precision Planting's high-speed planting technology, SpeedTube, to Ag Leader Technology once Deere's proposed purchase of Precision Planting is completed. The move appears to be an initial attempt to ap...
17 Oct 2016
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Agriculture groups are fighting back against a campaign launched by yogurt company Dannon to promote non-GMO yogurt to consumers. In a letter sent Monday to Dannon's chief executive officer, agricultural groups are asking the company to revise its pledge and recognize biotechnology as sustainable. Da...
17 Oct 2016
By Elizabeth WilliamsDTN Special Correspondent MANHATTAN, Kan. (DTN) -- Call farmer Larry Hoobler part of the Silent Majority. Like the bulk of Great Plains farmers, the 68-year-old grain producer from eastern Kansas can't churn out much profit at today's threadbare commodity prices. By drawing off the lessons of the 1980s farm crisis, however, thi...
14 Oct 2016
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor DES MOINES (DTN) -- Despite the European Union reopening its anti-trust probe into the merger of Dow Chemical and DuPont, a top executive in the merged company's agricultural division said Thursday the two companies still plan for the merger to close by the end of the year. Jim Collins, a DuPont executive vice ...