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28 Sep 2022
USDA's quarterly Grain Stocks report for Sept. 1 will be released Friday, Sept. 30, at 11 a.m. CDT, along with the Small Grains Summary, a report on U.S. wheat, oats and barley production. Ending stocks of U.S. corn and soybeans are apt to be near USDA's estimates from the September World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report, but...
28 Sep 2022
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- The EPA on Wednesday rejected a 2017 petition to regulate treated seed, telling environmental groups the agency already "fully assesses" pesticides registered for treating seed, including effects on human health and the environment. At the beginning of September, the U.S. District Court for the District of Northern California...
28 Sep 2022
OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices tracked by DTN for the third week of September 2022 continue to show varied prices. Five of the eight major fertilizers are lower in price compared to a month ago, while the remaining three are higher. DTN designates a significant move as anything 5% or more, and no fertilizers were considerably lower or high...
27 Sep 2022
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- One of two remaining so-called "ag-gag" laws in effect in Iowa was struck down by a federal court on Monday, as a federal judge ruled the law violated freedom of speech. The U.S. District Court for the District of Southern Iowa granted summary judgment to environmental groups that argued the 2021 law was unconstitutional. The...
27 Sep 2022
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (DTN) -- U.S. farmers right now are in a good economic position. However, macro-economic challenges remain while the war in Ukraine has further wrecked supply chains and put increasing expectations on U.S. farmers to increase production of crops such as wheat. That's a high-level summary of some of the key points from speakers Mond...