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19 Jul 2021
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Another herbicide is in the crosshairs of environmental groups and this time before it ever finds the field. EPA's approval of a newly registered herbicide violates the Endangered Species Act and should be set aside, the Center for Food Safety and the Center for Biological Diversity allege in a petition filed with the U.S. Co...
19 Jul 2021
Remember back to spring of 2020 when pictures and videos of people hoarding toilet paper filled social media and the news? Well, move over toilet paper because 2021 may likely be the year to stock up on food staples again, mainly due to drought-stressed, failing crops in the United States and Canada. Most of the items mentioned below were often har...
19 Jul 2021
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Because many farmers find themselves flush with cash from the recent spikes in commodity prices, now may be the time for producers to make investments in ag-data technologies, the head of the National Corn Growers Association said during a webinar on Thursday. The idea of sharing data collected from yield monitors and other g...
16 Jul 2021
DICKINSON, N.D. (DTN) -- After some of the busiest months in recent memory, at least a few North Dakota sale barns this week saw fewer sales of cull cows and bulls. As North Dakota comes out of one of the hottest, driest Junes on record, livestock producers are looking for any type of feed to hold on to their cows and calves -- at least until the c...
16 Jul 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- Many producers harvest drought-stressed crops as an additional forage for livestock when Mother Nature scorches other sources and forces the price of alternatives higher. However, with the severe drought currently in the Northern Plains, the option of using small grains for forage is being threatened by toxins released within the dro...