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15 Jun 2021
ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Fashions come and go, but really, stripes have never suited corn plants well. Those unattractive yellow-white streaks on a corn leaf are seldom good news. At their worst, they signal herbicide injury or more commonly, a nutrient deficiency. At their best, they are a sign of a benign genetic response. Since Scott Wallis's fav...
15 Jun 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- Biofuel producers will split $700 million in aid funds for pandemic production losses, and livestock producers who have been left out of earlier aid also will see some assistance, as USDA announced more relief funds on Tuesday. Also included in the aid will be funds for livestock producers who were forced to euthanize animals during ...
25 May 2021
This article was originally posted at 3:04 p.m. CDT on Monday, May 24. It was last updated at 4:04 p.m. CDT on Monday, May 24. ** OMAHA (DTN) -- With three-quarters of the crop seeded by the end of last week, this year's U.S. soybean planting pace remains the fastest it has been in over 12 years, according to USDA NASS' weekly Crop Progress report ...
25 May 2021
MT. JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- Kansas City Federal Reserve President Esther George said she thinks monetary policymakers will keep interest rates low and will continue buying Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities until there's more data on the myriad ways the economy is recovering from the pandemic. George highlighted issues in the U.S. economy as ...
25 May 2021
ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Senior EPA officials deliberately mishandled the agency's 2018 registration decision for three dicamba herbicides -- FeXapan, XtendiMax, and Engenia -- according to the agency's Office of Inspector General (OIG). The OIG, a federal agency tasked with reviewing EPA decisions and policy for abuse and errors, issued a scathing...