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26 Oct 2022
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- The Center for Biological Diversity sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Tuesday after the Biden administration missed a June 2022 deadline to finalize Endangered Species Act listings for the lesser prairie chicken. The group asked a federal court in New Mexico to order the USFWS to finalize a threatened listing for the...
25 Oct 2022
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- The starter fertilizer 10-34-0 led the average price drop on five of eight fertilizers tracked by DTN in the third week of October, continuing to show a significant drop for the third consecutive week. The average price of 10-34-0 came in 12% lower compared to one month ago at $759 per ton. DTN defines a significant drop in p...
21 Oct 2022
DES MOINES (DTN) -- Despite "dire headlines" about global food security, the "weaponizing of food" and the impact of weather disasters on agriculture, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack sought to end the World Food Prize forum looking for an upbeat theme going forward. Vilsack closed out the three-day Norman Borlaug Dialogue event Thursday t...
20 Oct 2022
DES MOINES (DTN) -- Midwest farmers will struggle more in the coming years to hit the yield increases they have come to expect over the past generation. A new report released Wednesday by Environmental Defense Fund at the World Food Prize Borlaug Dialogue looked at corn, soybean and wheat yields. The analysis used 20 different computer models to an...
18 Oct 2022
DES MOINES (DTN) -- USDA on Tuesday announced it has provided $800 million in debt relief so far to distressed borrowers of Farm Service Agency (FSA) loans as part of $3.1 billion in promised aid. The list of programs and support will help as many as 34,000 borrowers with USDA direct or guaranteed loans. The department on Tuesday kicked off a proce...