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21 Oct 2021
CHARLES CITY, Va. (DTN) -- People ask this Charles City, Virginia, farmer the question the way they'd ask someone else how their day was going, a default icebreaker. "Everyone comes up and asks, 'You gonna break the record?'" said David Hula, the reigning king of corn. He's a mix of meticulous and curious as a farmer, attuned to every detail and wi...
20 Oct 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that pension funds can move ahead with a class-action lawsuit against Bayer AG for allegedly making misstatements and failing to meet a standard of due diligence when Bayer acquired Monsanto and its liability risks over glyphosate. The ruling out of the U.S. District Court for Northern California invo...
20 Oct 2021
DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- The term uncertain times has taken on a whole new meaning for Ryan Wieck. Supply chain concerns have dogged the Texas Panhandle farmer all summer as he's struggled to get everything from herbicides to machinery parts. The crane he ordered more than a month ago to load plastic wrap into his cotton stripper baler is still missi...
20 Oct 2021
By Darcy Maulsby, Progressive Farmer Contributing Editor ROCKWELL CITY, Iowa (DTN) -- When James Hepp was growing up in Rockwell City, Iowa, he discovered his strong interest in agriculture. He handled most of the field plot work for the Rockwell City-Lytton FFA chapter in high school and enjoyed working for local farmers. Hepp dreamed about farmin...
20 Oct 2021
MT. JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- The average retail price of three fertilizers increased by more than $100 per ton in the past month, according to prices tracked by DTN for the second week of October. Seven of the eight major fertilizers tracked by DTN took staggering jumps higher in that timeframe, and four now cost twice as much as last year. Leading t...