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23 Oct 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- Missouri farmer Blake Hurst is surprised that American farm groups aren't pushing back on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s assertions that agriculture is destroying America's health. Kennedy has taken on a larger role in former President Donald Trump's campaign, as Kennedy vows to rewrite rules for agriculture by banning more crop-protection ...
23 Oct 2024
EDITOR'S NOTE: Row-crop farmers make dozens of decisions that affect the crops they grow, but perhaps none is more important than the seed they select. In a special series called Savvy Seed Decisions, DTN/Progressive Farmer examined often unseen facets of the seed industry that affect what farmers put in their planters. Today, in our fifth story of...
23 Oct 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- Midwestern states see deteriorating pasture conditions in need of moisture, according to the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service report for the week ended Oct. 21. While much of the country needs moisture, certain areas continue to see pastures move into very-poor-to-poor conditions. Nebraska moved to the negative side with...
23 Oct 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Average prices for half of the major fertilizers tracked by DTN were higher compared to last month, according to retail fertilizer sellers surveyed for the second week of October. The latest average prices collected show a break in a recent multi-week trend of falling prices for seven of eight fertilizers tracked by DTN. No s...
22 Oct 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- When Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall, a Republican, was interviewed last week on RFD-TV, the senator said what needs to happen to pass a farm bill is for Republicans to take control of the Senate. "I think what needs to happen is a Republican majority in the Senate, and we'll follow up with what the Republicans did on the House side, wher...