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7 Mar 2022
OMAHA (DTN) -- The number of states impacted by highly pathogenic avian influenza continues ticking upward as USDA has reported at least three more commercial flocks have been infected. The growing number of cases comes as the spring migratory season is peaking in major flyways along rivers such as the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Millions of g...
4 Mar 2022
ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- For some insects, another year of hot, dry weather could create the perfect conditions for a lively family reunion. Expect grasshoppers, spider mites and soybean aphids to thrive in droughty areas this spring and summer, crop scientists warned growers in a University of Minnesota webinar on March 2. Not only do these insects...
4 Mar 2022
As we move into the 2022 meteorological spring, the effect of dry and warm conditions is becoming more prominent in the wildfire threat outlook. It's already big and is likely to spread further. The National Interagency Fire Center, headquartered in Boise, Idaho, has identified practically the entire Central and Southern Plains, from the Nebraska-S...
4 Mar 2022
MT. JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- A new crop insurance tool aims to help farmers who split-apply nitrogen to non-irrigated corn offset weather risk related to their second or third applications. The Post Application Coverage Endorsement (PACE), still in the pilot phase, is available in parts of 11 states for the first time in 2022. Corn farmers in eligibl...
3 Mar 2022
John Deere's latest advances in sprayer technology are viewed as a journey by company officials. That journey continued last fall when it invited a group of ag media to a Georgia cotton field for an advanced look of its latest introduction: See & Spray Ultimate. (Information on the sprayer was embargoed until now.) It's the next generation of the c...