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6 Jul 2021
Winter and spring white wheat -- used in products such as cakes, cookies and pastries -- is getting baked this summer, but not in kitchens. The crops are getting baked in Pacific Northwest fields due to the extreme drought and record-high temperatures in the region this summer. Soft white wheat (SWW) is used to make flour for bakery products other ...
5 Jul 2021
ANKENY, Iowa (DTN) -- High commodity prices have farmers willing to spend more on nutrients and crop protection products to maximize crop yields. But only if it's worth the investment. Ag retailers are getting ready for a potential surge in demand for fungicides and insecticides to protect high-dollar corn and soybeans this growing season. Retailer...
2 Jul 2021
WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that USDA will review the "Product of the USA" label for meat managed by the Food Safety and Inspection Service after the Federal Trade Commission voted to strengthen its enforcement of products labeled Made in the USA. "Today, the Federal Trade Commission took important steps to enhan...
2 Jul 2021
STILLWATER, Okla. (DTN) -- In May 2019 when torrential rains hit Stillwater, much of downtown was protected from catastrophic flooding by a dry dam and spillway structure that few people would notice driving past it when flooding wasn't imminent. But when it was needed, the small, dry, earthen dam on Stillwater Creek backed up the creek, filled to ...
2 Jul 2021
MT. JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- After seven years of low to nonexistent profit margins, first-generation Kentucky farmer Ryan Bivens is looking forward to better revenue. However, he worries rising input costs will eat away at profit potential on his 6,000 acres of corn, soybeans and winter wheat. "It's a welcome time for sure ... we need a good year," ...