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27 Mar 2023
MT. JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- Illinois may have set a record statewide average corn yield in 2022, but the nation's highest-yielding county can be found in Idaho. Six of the nation's top 10 county corn yield averages come from Illinois, according to data from the National Agricultural Statistics Service Quick Stats database. Two of the top county aver...
23 Mar 2023
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Over the objection of EPA attorneys, a federal judge on Wednesday granted agriculture groups' motion to intervene in an ongoing lawsuit filed by 24 states challenging the Biden administration's waters of the U.S. rule. Though the WOTUS rule took effect on March 20, the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota also...
22 Mar 2023
OMAHA (DTN) -- Everyone in Congress loves "cutting-edge" agricultural research, they just don't pay for it very well. The result is that dollar for dollar, U.S. agricultural research spending actually declined over the past decade while China, the European Union, India and Brazil -- among others -- have increased their investments in agricultural r...
22 Mar 2023
OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices tracked by DTN for the second full week of March 2023 continue to show lower levels. This trend has been in place for two and a half months. All eight of the major fertilizer prices are once again lower compared to last month. Five of the eight fertilizers had a substantial price decline. DTN designates a sig...
17 Mar 2023
Farmers naturally find plenty of common ground when it comes to discussing their occupations. But Minnesota farmer Bob Worth and Kansas farmer Keith Miller have cultivated a bond during the last 17 years that runs deeper than most. The two farmers participated in DTN's View From the Cab series in 2006. They came to know each other by reading the we...