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1 Jul 2022
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- EPA is set to implement label changes to the insecticides malathion, chlorpyrifos and diazinon, after the agency announced on Thursday it had received a final biological opinion from the National Marine Fisheries Service as part of an ongoing Endangered Species Act review. This first round of actions taken by EPA affects 75 e...
30 Jun 2022
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- The EPA is proposing several label changes to atrazine products, designed to reduce runoff of the herbicide from farm fields. The agency released a proposal for public comment on Thursday that would place new restrictions on atrazine use to protect aquatic plant species. In December 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Nin...
30 Jun 2022
By DTN Staff This article was originally posted at 11:05 a.m. CDT. It was updated at 12:17 p.m. ** OMAHA (DTN) -- USDA on Thursday released its Acreage and June 1 Quarterly Grain Stocks reports. Farmers planted 89.9 million acres of corn in 2022 and 88.3 million acres of soybeans. The corn estimate is higher than USDA's March estimate, while soybea...
29 Jun 2022
CHICAGO (DTN) -- With some extensive fanfare on Wednesday, Indigo Agriculture used the old Chicago Board of Trade pit as a conference hall to celebrate the company's first sale of carbon credits from farmers and Indigo's acceptance into the Climate Action Reserve registry. Indigo Ag announced the sale of 19,000 carbon credits generated by the pract...
29 Jun 2022
OMAHA (DTN) -- The majority of fertilizers continue to be less expensive for the third week of June 2022, according to fertilizer prices tracked by DTN. This trend has been in place for a month now. Seven of the eight major fertilizers prices were lower compared to last month, including one down considerably. DTN designates a significant move as an...