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14 Jul 2016
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor DES MOINES (DTN) -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack declined to discuss presidential politics Saturday but sought to tout to the nation's governors the importance of both expanded trade and local foods to boosting farm incomes and rural economic development. Vilsack attended the National Governors' Associatio...
14 Jul 2016
By Pam SmithDTN Progressive Farmer Crops Technology Editor DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- Reed and Curtis Storey didn't plant dicamba-tolerant crops this year, but their soybean crop has been injured twice by applications made by neighboring farmers who did. The Marvell, Arkansas, farmers aren't alone. Crop injury complaints continue to mount this summer a...
14 Jul 2016
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter PENNSYLVANIA FURNACE, Pa. (DTN) -- The fields of southern Pennsylvania are no stranger to painful battles, but that doesn't make the state's latest invasion any less alarming. Palmer amaranth weeds are spreading through the southeastern counties of the state. They won't take any lives, but they may shrink profi...
13 Jul 2016
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Fertilizer prices continued to work lower the first week of July 2016, according to retailers tracked by DTN. While prices are lower, no fertilizer value moved significantly lower, thus snapping a three-week run of notable price drops. All eight of the major fertilizer were lower in price compared to...
13 Jul 2016
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- The House Rules Committee voted Tuesday to advance S. 764, the genetically modified foods disclosure and labeling bill, to the House floor, setting up for debate without amendments and a vote this week. The bill is a compromise written by Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Robe...