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When Corn Leaves Roll

23 Jun 2022
By DTN Staff If your field is beginning to look more like a pineapple crop than a cornfield, you're witnessing some clever corn biology at work. That means corn plants are starting to implement their emergency water-savings playbook, said Matt Montgomery, agronomist with Pioneer. High temperatures nearing or exceeding 100 degrees Fahrenheit with hi...

Prevented Planting May Be Lower

23 Jun 2022
OMAHA (DTN) -- Planting came late this year for Wahpeton, North Dakota, farmer Chris Johnson, but he estimates he ended up unable to get seed into the ground on only about 4% of his land. Johnson was in a sprayer Tuesday side-dressing some cornfields. His crop on southeastern North Dakota and western Minnesota acres also got a rain shower Monday ni...

Biden Pitches Fuel Tax Holiday

22 Jun 2022
MT. JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- President Joe Biden wants Congress to suspend federal gasoline and diesel taxes for 90 days and asked for states to do the same. A potential pause on the collection of the 18.4-cents-per-gallon federal gasoline tax and the 22.4-cents-per-gallon federal diesel tax is aimed at reducing prices for consumers during the peak s...

Ag: SEC Rule Threat to Rural America

22 Jun 2022
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Agriculture interest groups and food companies told the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission the proposed climate-reporting rule could ultimately threaten the future of rural communities by requiring farmers and ranchers to spend more time and money to comply at a time when margins are tight. The SEC closed a public-comment pe...

Senate Ag Advances Cattle Markets Bill

22 Jun 2022
OMAHA (DTN) -- After roughly two years of political wrangling, the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee on Wednesday advanced a bill that would require major meatpackers to buy a certain percentage of their cattle through negotiated cash trade sales. In a business meeting, senators spotlighted their support or opposition to the cattle markets bill, as...
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