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19 May 2022
ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- EPA referenced potential label changes coming to over-the-top dicamba herbicides for the 2023 growing season, in a court document filed by the agency on May 16. According to the agency, Bayer submitted a proposed amendment to the 2020 registration of its XtendiMax herbicide to EPA on March 18. It involves "additional use res...
19 May 2022
MANHATTAN, Kan. (DTN) -- The Wheat Quality Council's 2022 Hard Winter Wheat Tour ended May 19 where it started in Manhattan, Kansas, with a total weighted average yield estimate of 39.7 bushels per acre (bpa). It's slightly higher than the USDA projection for the state at 39 bpa. However, more than 80 tour participants predicted total production fo...
18 May 2022
WICHITA, Kan. (DTN) -- Yields dropped on the second day of the Wheat Quality Council's Hard Winter Wheat tour on Wednesday, May 18, as scouts recorded an average weighted estimated yield of 37 bushels per acre (bpa). Drought and heat stress that affected crops in northern and central Kansas, which contributed to a first-day tour weighted average yi...
18 May 2022
OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices tracked by DTN for the second week of May 2022 continue to show mostly higher nutrient prices. But for the first time in many weeks, two different fertilizers were slightly lower. The price of six fertilizers were more expensive, but none were up a substantial amount. DTN designates a significant move as anyt...
18 May 2022
ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- The future of pesticide labels is undergoing active construction at EPA, and farmers, pesticide applicators and other ag stakeholders may have an opportunity to influence that work. In short, EPA is tackling a long overdue project to make pesticide labels that fully comply with the Endangered Species Act (ESA), in an effort ...