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28 Oct 2015
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor WASHINGTON (DTN) -- A USDA scientist has filed a federal whistleblower complaint against the department, claiming he has been harassed by supervisors over his work on neonicotinoid insecticides and their impact on pollinators such as monarch butterflies. Jonathan Lundgren is an entomologist at USDA's Agricultura...
28 Oct 2015
By Marcia Zarley TaylorDTN Executive Editor KANSAS CITY (DTN) -- Officially, the number of problem farm loans is almost too miniscule to matter. Unofficially, nervous bank regulators have issued warnings for lenders to monitor growers' cash flows and expect the number of troubled farm accounts to swell over the next few months. Besides steep declin...
27 Oct 2015
By Cheryl AndersonDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Prices of most types of retail fertilizer declined the third week of October 2015, according to dealers tracked by DTN. With the exception of DAP, which remained unchanged last week, prices dropped for other major fertilizer types tracked by DTN. Potash prices continued to fall, dropping $11 per t...
27 Oct 2015
By Cheryl AndersonDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Prices of most types of retail fertilizer declined the third week of October 2015, according to dealers tracked by DTN. With the exception of DAP, which remained unchanged last week, prices dropped for other major fertilizer types tracked by DTN. Potash prices continued to fall, dropping $11 per t...
27 Oct 2015
By Richard OswaldDTN Special Correspondent LANGDON, Mo. (DTN) -- "I did absolutely nothing over the week." That's how DTN View From the Cab farmer Lane Robinson described the last few days. But that's not entirely true. While there to attend a family wedding and catch up since his last visit 30 years ago, Lane used free time to learn about part of...