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17 Apr 2024
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (DTN) -- Farmers and pesticide applicators grappling with how to comply with EPA's impending Herbicide Strategy learned this week that new requirements may not be as stringent or widespread as the agency initially proposed in its draft strategy released last summer. On Tuesday, EPA announced it had published an update regarding ...
17 Apr 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- Average retail prices for all eight fertilizers were up from last month in the second week of April 2024, according to sellers surveyed by DTN. This marks the third straight week retail prices for all fertilizers were higher. Despite the increases, though, only one fertilizer saw a significant price jump, which DTN designates as any...
16 Apr 2024
WASHINGTON (DTN) -- The chairman of the House Agriculture Committee expects to mark-up a farm bill in committee before the end of May and use a Biden administration move to boost SNAP spending to increase spending in other areas of the farm bill. Rep. Glenn "GT" Thompson, R-Pa., spoke Tuesday to members of North American Agricultural Journalists (N...
15 Apr 2024
This article was originally published at 3:04 p.m. CDT on Monday, April 15. It was last updated with additional information at 3:44 p.m. CDT on Monday, April 15. ** OMAHA (DTN) -- Corn, soybean and spring wheat planting and winter wheat heading were all running slightly ahead of their five-year averages, and winter wheat conditions fell slightly la...
15 Apr 2024
WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack pointed to a budget proposal backed by a majority of House Republicans as a "pretty radical" plan to cut and eliminate USDA farm safety net programs. Vilsack spoke Monday to members of the North American Agricultural Journalists (NAAJ) at their annual meeting. Vilsack's talk with reporters touch...