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1 Mar 2021
ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- For the fourth time in five years, farmers and applicators face a new set of requirements to spray dicamba over the top of dicamba-tolerant crops. The stakes for getting it right remain high. Parts of the Midwest and South have seen many consecutive years of off-target dicamba injury to a broad array of crops and plants. Thi...
26 Feb 2021
MT. JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- Spring crop insurance guarantees for corn and soybeans will be $4.58 and $11.87 per bushel, respectively, increases of $0.70 and $2.70 from last year. For corn, it's the highest spring guarantee since 2014; it's the highest since 2013 for soybeans. The guarantees are an integral part of revenue protection crop insurance ...
26 Feb 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- Agricultural trade barriers were frequent areas of discussion with senators asking Katherine Tia on Thursday how the Biden administration would expand trade markets if Tai is confirmed as U.S. trade ambassador. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, in his first day on the job, also told reporters the current high sales to China have ben...
26 Feb 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- USDA needs to ensure its coronavirus aid to farmers is equitable as the Biden administration is using the department in several ways to focus on President Joe Biden's goal to contain the coronavirus, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Thursday. With that, USDA will extend enrollment for the latest round of the Coronavirus Food As...
25 Feb 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- As Tom Vilsack was sworn in Wednesday afternoon as Agriculture secretary, he already faces a request from his home-state congressional delegation asking to expand COVID-19 relief aid to include custom cattle feeders. He will also face some calls to unfreeze some aid to producers and also to push for states to vaccinate various worker...