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30 Sep 2020
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (DTN) -- Trump administration trade and USDA officials on Monday criticized the European Union's new food policy as an anti-technology strategy meant to harm U.S. agriculture and global food trade.Gregg Doud, the top trade negotiator at the U.S. Trade Representative's Office, and Steve Censky, outgoing deputy U.S. agriculture secre...
30 Sep 2020
ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- In an effort to stave off above-ground insect resistance, the EPA is proposing phasing out many current Bt corn hybrids, as well as some Bt cotton varieties, in the next three-to-five years.Essentially, all Bt corn hybrids and cotton varieties that don't include Syngenta's Vip3A protein, the lone Bt trait on the market witho...
30 Sep 2020
ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Bayer's XtendFlex soybeans are now ready for a full commercial launch in the U.S. and Canada in 2021, after a long-awaited import approval came through from the EU on Monday.The soybean variety tolerates over-the-top applications of three herbicides: glyphosate, dicamba and glufosinate (Liberty). It has been touted by Bayer ...
29 Sep 2020
By the end of the 2019-20 crop year, the corn basis recovered from the fall it took beginning in March when COVID-19 caused U.S. ethanol plants to slow or shudder as the crude oil market fell into a dark hole. With many states closing businesses and asking residents to stay home except for essential needs, demand for energy related products dropped...
29 Sep 2020
A new 2020 DTN/Progressive Farmer Zogby Analytics Pulse of Rural America poll finds 50% of rural adults intend to vote for President Donald Trump on Election Day, Nov. 3; that's a lead of 17 percentage points over Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden. Eleven percent of rural adults are undecided.In a similar DTN/Pro...