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1 Jul 2021
By Jerry Hagstrom, DTN Political Correspondent, and Chris Clayton, DTN Ag Policy Editor WASHINGTON (DTN) -- It would be illegal for the Chinese government or its state-run companies to own farmland in the U.S., and land currently owned by Chinese companies would be excluded from receiving farm-program payments under an amendment added to the congre...
1 Jul 2021
ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- The April-planted soybean field Chris DiFonzo scouted last week in Michigan was teeming with tiny green soybean aphids. The Michigan State entomologist counted an average of 400 to 500 aphids per plant, well above the 250-per-plant threshold to consider treatment. Time to spray, surely! Not so fast, DiFonzo cautioned. This w...
30 Jun 2021
DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- It's been hotter than a firecracker in Iowa lately and Kellie Blair has a second cutting of alfalfa that will soon be begging to be baled. "I figure it will be ready right on July Fourth. Holidays don't wait for farmers," said the Dayton, Iowa, farmer. Maybe mowing hay will tempt rain. While wide swaths of the Midwest had rai...
30 Jun 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices continued to rise the third full week of June 2021. After five weeks with no significant price changes, which DTN designates as 5% or more, one fertilizer was noticeably higher. Potash was up 6% compared to last month and had an average price of $469/ton. Prices for the remaining seven fertilizers were just s...
29 Jun 2021
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Rabo AgriFinance LLC may stand in the way of the sale of farm and ranch assets of southeastern Washington's Easterday Ranches Inc. Easterday asked a federal bankruptcy court to issue a temporary restraining order and injunction against the creditor. Rabobank is trying to collect nearly $1.1 million owed it by Easterday, as th...