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1 May 2020
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- On April 28, the Association of American Pesticide Control Officials (AAPCO) sent EPA a letter asking that the agency consider banning postemergence use of four dicamba herbicides -- XtendiMax (Bayer), Engenia (BASF), FeXapan (Corteva) and Tavium (Syngenta) -- when it makes its decision o...
1 May 2020
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- On April 28, the Association of American Pesticide Control Officials (AAPCO) sent EPA a letter asking that the agency consider banning postemergence use of four dicamba herbicides -- XtendiMax (Bayer), Engenia (BASF), FeXapan (Corteva) and Tavium (Syngenta) -- when it makes its decision o...
1 May 2020
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor GLENWOOD, Iowa (DTN) -- Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said Thursday some idled meatpacking plants could start operating again "in days, not weeks," as USDA works to implement an executive order from President Donald Trump. Speaking on Fox News, Perdue said USDA is working with the Centers for Disease Contr...
1 May 2020
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor GLENWOOD, Iowa (DTN) -- Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said Thursday some idled meatpacking plants could start operating again "in days, not weeks," as USDA works to implement an executive order from President Donald Trump. Speaking on Fox News, Perdue said USDA is working with the Centers for Disease Contr...
1 May 2020
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices remain flat compared to last month, with the average price of all eight major fertilizers moving by $3/ton or less, according to prices tracked by DTN for the third week of April, 2020. Six fertilizers were higher in price compared to last month, but none of them were up a sig...