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22 Mar 2021
The Motor vessel R. Clayton McWhorter, originating from the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois, and pushing 12 barges en route to St. Paul, Minnesota, was locked through Lock and Dam 3, near Welch, Minnesota on March 19, marking the unofficial start of the 2021 navigation season, reported the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) St. Paul Dis...
19 Mar 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- Farmers waiting to hear about aid programs from USDA likely will have to wait until April for the Biden administration to complete reviews and release funds. The Biden administration is still reviewing the last farm aid programs initiated by the Trump administration, as well as developing the programs that will come from two separate...
19 Mar 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- Agriculture took another swing at legalizing farmworkers and overhauling the H-2A guestworker program with the House again passing the Farm Workforce Modernization Act in bipartisan fashion to see if the Senate will take up immigration legislation during this Congress. The House also voted earlier Thursday to provide a pathway to cit...
19 Mar 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- If drought predictions issued March 18 verify, the record-setting rain and snow event across the western and southern Plains during the March 12-14 weekend may not have a long shelf life. Almost the entire Plains region of the United States and a sizeable portion of the northwestern Midwest -- approximately west of Interstate 35 -- a...
18 Mar 2021
DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- Add tank additives to the list of requirements necessary when spraying dicamba in Xtend-tolerant crops this year. EPA labels now require the use of an approved volatility reduction agent, often called a VRA, for applications of Engenia, Tavium and XtendiMax. "This is not an optional inclusion," said BASF Technical Marketing M...