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18 Jul 2024
MILWAUKEE, (DTN) -- House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn "GT" Thompson of Pennsylvania and Arkansas Sen. John Boozman, ranking member on the Senate Agriculture Committee, both offered their views on the state of the farm bill and the impact of the upcoming election at a Politico/CNN event at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. Th...
17 Jul 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- After a week of attacks on social media, Deere & Co. on Tuesday announced the farm machinery manufacturer would change its polices around sponsorships and would no longer support certain "external or cultural awareness" events while dropping "socially-motivated messages" from policies. Deere stated it has never had "diversity quotas"...
17 Jul 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- Average retail prices for all eight major fertilizers continued to be lower than last month during the second week of July 2024, according to sellers surveyed by DTN. Though prices for all fertilizers were down, just two fertilizers saw sizable price declines, which DTN designates as anything 5% or more. Both anhydrous and UAN32 were...
16 Jul 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- About one in four farmers in the United States turn to binge drinking in response to high stress levels, according to a new study conducted by researchers at the University of Georgia. What's more, the study that included a survey of 1,045 farmers found them turning to alcohol because of stigma among the farming community and...
15 Jul 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced on Monday plans to step up the timing of when it assesses farmworker and other human exposure to pesticide spray drift by 15 years. Historically, the agency assesses human exposure to spray drift at the time of a chemical's registration review that takes place every 15 years....