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21 Jul 2016
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent CLEVELAND (DTN) -- A series of high-ranking Republicans on Wednesday urged farm leaders to be unified in supporting the Republican ticket this fall. But they barely mentioned the name of GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump, leaving the pitch for him to a Nebraska farmer and agribusiness executive who...
21 Jul 2016
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Sorghum pests never gave Jerry Martin many headaches before last year. Now for the second year in a row, the central Kansas farmer is bracing for infestations of the sugarcane aphid. After a slow start in Texas this year, the pest has moved north and east earlier than ever. In Kentucky...
21 Jul 2016
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- As the waters of the United States rule remains tied up in federal court, a Houston-based attorney who handles Clean Water Act cases said Wednesday farmers should remain vigilant about whether work they do on the land is exempt from the law. Sharon Marie Mattox, an attorney with Mattox Law Firm, said ...
20 Jul 2016
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Southern corn rust is working its way north earlier than ever this year. Late-planted corn will be most at risk for yield losses from this fast-moving pathogen, plant pathologists told DTN. "Rust diseases produce so many spores and have such a quick turnaround in the disease cycle that ...
20 Jul 2016
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices tracked by DTN for the second week of July 2016 show prices are lower but not by significant amounts. However, DTN's last five weekly surveys have all reported price reductions. In the latest retail survey, all eight of the major fertilizers dropped slightly in price compared...