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18 Aug 2021
DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- Ryan Wieck is hoping healthy hooves make for happy cows. This past week, the Texas Panhandle farmer enlisted the help of a hoof-trimming service and treated his entire beef herd to bovine pedicures. "It's so dry here that we have cracks in the soil 2 inches wide, and that's rough on cow hooves. Plus, I've been supplement feed...
18 Aug 2021
ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- The summer growing season may be heading into its final stages, but some insects are still hard at work. Fall armyworms are marching in unusually high numbers, threatening a host of crops, initially in southern states and now farther north. In the meantime, sugarcane aphids are picking up in sorghum fields in the Southern Pl...
17 Aug 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed a civil enforcement action against a Nebraska commodity marketer and grain merchandiser, accusing the man and his business of operating an unregistered agricultural commodity pool and misappropriating most of the money. The CFTC complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for N...
17 Aug 2021
The setup that produces the best chances to see significant rainfall across the Northern Plains is a trough in the West with a ridge in the East. The trough provides the storm systems that come out of the Rockies. The ridge provides the moisture as it pulls humid air northward from the Gulf of Mexico. The setup during the next 10 days will not be p...
17 Aug 2021
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Agriculture and biofuels groups asked for a rehearing on a July 2 court ruling that, if allowed to stand, will end year-round sales of E15, in a petition filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The National Corn Growers Association, Growth Energy and the Renewable Fuels Association on Monday...