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5 Apr 2022
OMAHA (DTN) -- Zack Rendel is walking a little lighter on his feet this week after EPA reversed course and announced on March 29 that farmers in 134 previously banned counties may use Enlist herbicides in 2022. "I can't tell you how big a weight came off my shoulders," the Miami, Oklahoma, farmer told DTN. Rendel will now be able to use Corteva Agr...
5 Apr 2022
Estate and succession planning both involve transitions of the farm or ranch business to the next generation. While estate planning is focused on the transfer of assets like land or equipment, succession planning deals more with the transition of management activities, including the skills, knowledge and relationships it takes to continue running t...
5 Apr 2022
DECATUR, Illinois (DTN) -- Soybeans may have the reputation of being a fickle crop, but agronomist Dustin Bowling maintains they are merely misunderstood. "Too often, we try to lump soybeans into the category of the corn plant. We know what has let us push the needle on corn yield, and we try that on soybeans," said Bowling, Missouri-based agronomi...
4 Apr 2022
This article was originally posted at 3:03 p.m. CDT on Monday, April 4. It was last updated at 3:38 p.m. CDT on Monday, April 4. ** OMAHA (DTN) -- U.S. winter wheat is kicking off the 2022 growing season with the lowest good-to-excellent condition rating in over a decade, according to USDA NASS' first weekly Crop Progress report released Monday. Fo...
4 Apr 2022
The USDA Prospective Plantings report on March 31 was the first official, survey-based estimates of U.S. farmers' 2022 planting intentions. NASS' acreage estimates are based on surveys conducted during the first two weeks of March from a sample of nearly 73,000 farm operators across the nation. USDA estimated other spring wheat acres for 2022 at 11...