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4 Feb 2022
OMAHA (DTN) -- Kent Miller, a water district manager in western Nebraska, felt a little vindicated last month when Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts introduced a plan to explore a nearly 100-year-old clause in a water compact with Colorado to dig out an old canal project near Julesburg to protect Nebraska's water rights. Miller, general manager of the Tw...
4 Feb 2022
ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Will your soil be nursing a herbicide hangover this spring? Weed scientists are warning that persistent drought in the northern Midwest in 2021 may have left behind more than just shriveled yields. Herbicides might also be lurking in the soils, leftover from summer and fall applications made in dry conditions. "Not everyone ...
3 Feb 2022
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Though the Build Back Better Act remains stalled in Congress, the top Republican on the House Agriculture Committee questioned Wednesday whether USDA would be ready to dole out what would be a dramatic increase in conservation funds if the bill eventually passed. The House Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry...
3 Feb 2022
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Though the Build Back Better Act remains stalled in Congress, the top Republican on the House Agriculture Committee questioned Wednesday whether USDA would be ready to dole out what would be a dramatic increase in conservation funds if the bill eventually passed. The House Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry...
3 Feb 2022
HOUSTON (DTN) -- The cattle market is "busting out" and there are good years ahead. Even better, cow-calf producers can expect more of the growing profits to stay on the farm as leverage continues to shift in that direction. "We think about where we're at today, and it is an exciting time in our business," Kevin Good told attendees at this year's N...