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9 May 2022
This article was originally posted at 3:04 p.m. CDT on Monday, May 9. It was last updated at 3:52 p.m. CDT on Monday, May 9. ** OMAHA (DTN) -- U.S. corn and soybean planting progress inched ahead by just single-digit percentages again last week as wet conditions across central, eastern and northern parts of the country continued to keep many farme...
9 May 2022
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Two panelists from Iowa taking part in the EPA's first of 10 roundtable discussions on waters of the U.S. on Monday told the agency it was time to regulate agriculture to get a handle on nutrients pollution. The EPA hosted the first of 10 scheduled virtual roundtables on the ongoing WOTUS rulemaking, starting with what the ag...
9 May 2022
Heading into May 9, 2022, farmers in the Northern Plains and northwest Minnesota are behind on planting due to heavy snow, rain in April and now spring flooding. Western North Dakota and parts of southern Canada saw massive snowfalls in April, and while the moisture helped ease drought conditions, spring planting was delayed. In northwest Minnesota...
6 May 2022
ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Raymond Simpkins would like to file a missing season report. Spring, last seen in April of 2021, has not shown up to its usual appointment where he farms in southeast Michigan. "The weather here is more like February: freezing nights and highs in the 40s," Simpkins lamented. "We have had one day above 70 degrees in April." S...
5 May 2022
ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Raymond Simpkins would like to file a missing season report. Spring, last seen in April of 2021, has not shown up to its usual appointment where he farms in southeast Michigan. "The weather here is more like February: freezing nights and highs in the 40s," Simpkins lamented. "We have had one day above 70 degrees in April." S...