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11 Mar 2022
NEW ORLEANS (DTN) -- The future of crop and weed technology appeared close at hand at the 2022 Commodity Classic, running March 8 to 12 in New Orleans this week. Agrichemical and seed companies gave reporters a look at some of their most futuristic crop traits and weed control systems. They range from short-stature corn to crops stacked high with i...
11 Mar 2022
MT. JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- Talking about analogs in the digital era is strange, unless you're looking at markets or weather forecasts. Meteorologists at DTN often use analog years -- years with similarities to the current situation -- to help put weather conditions in context. Our grain analysts often do the same, but just like the weather, the com...
11 Mar 2022
The skies above the Northern Plains only offered John Hofer 4 inches of rain in 2021. By June, two years into a scorching drought, the Milnor, North Dakota, farmer had nearly given up on his dryland spring wheat field. But the crop soon proved its mettle. Using small but well-timed spurts of rainfall, the field of West Bred WB9590 eked out 122.23 b...
10 Mar 2022
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- A Warsaw, Indiana-based crop insurance company has reached a settlement with the U.S. attorney's office in western Michigan, agreeing to pay $500,000 to resolve allegations the company violated federal law by submitting fraudulent crop insurance claims for a Michigan farmer now facing charges. Silveus Insurance Group Inc. and...
10 Mar 2022
OMAHA (DTN) -- The Fertilizer Institute (TFI), the National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) and 19 other members of the Agricultural Transportation Working Group sent President Joe Biden a letter on March 7 requesting the administration work with the Canadian government to ease supply chain strains, according to a TFI press release. Specifically,...