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5 Nov 2019
By Matthew Wilde Progressive Farmer Crops Editor Farmers in the north-central U.S. are looking for lost soybean yield. Shawn Conley, a soybean specialist at the University of Wisconsin, said the genetic yield potential of America's most widely planted legume is 110 bushels per acre or more in most states, depending on climate and soil conditions. B...
5 Nov 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- The National Pork Producer Council is starting another campaign to get Congress to pass the U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement before the end of the year. Nick Giordano, NPPC's vice president and counsel for global government affairs, told DTN NPPC made a judgement last summer to push hard for Congress...
5 Nov 2019
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration hours of service rule has been in the news for several years as the agency tries to fine-tune the rule in hopes of easing some restrictions for the trucking industry. Meanwhile, safety groups continue to fight any changes to th...
4 Nov 2019
By Todd HultmanDTN Lead Analyst While row crops make slow harvest progress across the Midwest, the next winter wheat crop is quietly being planted and emerging at its usual pace. According to USDA's latest Crop Progress report, 85% of U.S. winter wheat has been planted and 63% has emerged. Unlike corn this spring, planting hasn't been the problem a...
4 Nov 2019
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has withdrawn a policy to require the use of radio frequency identification, or RFID, of animals in interstate commerce. But a number of ranchers and a national cattle group have yet to withdraw a lawsuit they filed against APHIS last month challenging...