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28 Jun 2023
On Friday, June 30, at 11 a.m. CDT, USDA will issue its annual Acreage report and the Grain Stocks report for June 1, a combination that may briefly turn traders' attention from the weather forecasts. ACREAGE REPORT Despite the boos one can generate by mentioning USDA's 91.7-million-acre corn planting estimate from 2019 to any farm audience, USDA's...
26 Jun 2023
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (DTN) -- An eagle-eyed crop scout in Iowa has found the first tar spot lesions of the year. An Iowa State University undergraduate student working with Pioneer field agronomist Matthew Vandehaar observed the disease on June 21. In all, tar spot has been found in six central Iowa counties, including Poweshiek, Tama, Marshall, Jas...
26 Jun 2023
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- In announcing another $450 million to bolster biofuels infrastructure on Monday, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack was asked about concerns raised by farmers and others that the EPA finalized Renewable Fuel Standard volumes that cut corn ethanol's volumes from proposed levels and set biomass-based diesel volumes below...
26 Jun 2023
OMAHA -- (DTN) This week, the National Farmers Union Foundation (NFUF) announced the 2023 recipients of its annual scholarship awards. Every year, the organization presents several scholarships to students in any area of study attending a two- or four-year accredited college, university, or technical school who have demonstrated academic excellence...
25 Jun 2023
DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- The irrigators were running hard this week on Langseth Farm in the southeast corner of North Dakota. Here, the sandy beach-like soils that border the flat, heavier clays of the Red River Valley are accustomed to needing a drink. But the need has intensified earlier than normal this season as the U.S. Drought Monitor map turne...