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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...
18 Oct 2022
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Five of eight fertilizer prices tracked by DTN are on the downward slide in the second week of October compared to one month ago, with the starter fertilizer 10-34-0 continuing a significant drop for the second straight week. For just the second time in six weeks, the price of 10-34-0 was the only fertilizer showing a signifi...
18 Oct 2022
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Five of eight fertilizer prices tracked by DTN are on the downward slide in the second week of October compared to one month ago, with the starter fertilizer 10-34-0 continuing a significant drop for the second straight week. For just the second time in six weeks, the price of 10-34-0 was the only fertilizer showing a signifi...