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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...
23 Jun 2016
By Marcia Zarley TaylorDTN Executive Editor HADDONFIELD, N.J. (DTN) -- Agriculture's 24/7 workload poses special issues for payroll. Most farmers assume they are not required to pay overtime for any farm work performed by their employees, points out Paul Neiffer, a CPA with CliftonLarsonAllen in Yakima, Washington. But given the new rules imposed b...
22 Jun 2016
By Jim PatricoProgressive Farmer Senior Editor PLATTSBURG, Mo. (DTN) -- The fog has cleared and farmers are ready to fly. The Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday issued some long awaited regulations for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). Also called Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) and drones, the technology has long fascinated and tantalized farm...