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8 Feb 2024
WASHINGTON (DTN) -- The Environmental Protection Agency announced a series of steps Wednesday that EPA intends to take to comply with the Endangered Species Act when it comes to pesticide use. In a speech to the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture, EPA Assistant Administrator Michal Freedhoff outlined how EPA will implement app...
7 Feb 2024
MT. JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- USDA's broad measure of profits -- net farm income -- is forecast to drop 25.5% from 2023. That's nearly 41% lower than 2022's record when adjusted for inflation. USDA forecast net farm income to be $116.1 billion. That's 1.7% lower than the 20-year average. Net cash farm income is expected to fall significantly below the...
7 Feb 2024
This article was originally posted at 5:24 p.m. CST on Tuesday, Feb. 6. It was last updated with additional information at 7:04 a.m. CST on Wednesday, Feb. 7. ** LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- A federal court in Arizona on Tuesday vacated the 2020 registrations of three dicamba products previously approved by the EPA for over-the-top applications including...
7 Feb 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- Average retail fertilizer prices continued to be mostly lower in the first week of February 2024, according to sellers surveyed by DTN. For the sixth straight week, prices for six of the eight major fertilizers were lower than last month, while prices for the remaining two fertilizers were slightly higher. For the second week in a ro...
6 Feb 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- A federal court in Arizona on Tuesday vacated the 2020 registrations of three dicamba products previously approved by the EPA for over-the-top applications including XtendiMax, Enginia and Tavium. The court ruled the agency violated notice-and-comment mandates for new-use pesticide registrations. The ruling in the U.S. Distri...