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7 Feb 2020
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- How common is fungicide-resistant frogeye leaf spot? So common that susceptible strains of the pathogen are now extremely hard to find. "It's almost like they're going extinct," said Carl Bradley, a University of Kentucky Extension plant pathologist who first confirmed QoI-fungicide-res...
7 Feb 2020
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- USDA on Thursday detailed some insurance options for hemp farmers, but also stressed that hemp farmers will have to abide by the cropping rules spelled out last October, despite an array of issues raised over crop testing by various state officials and farm organizations. The Agricultural Marketi...
6 Feb 2020
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- As has been the case for quite some time, retail fertilizer prices continue to be mostly lower, according to prices tracked by DTN for the fourth week of January 2020. Only one fertilizer had a sizeable price decline compared to last month. DAP is 6% lower compared to the month prior and now has an ave...
6 Feb 2020
By Victoria G. MyersProgressive Farmer Senior Editor A cattle virus, first identified in Japan in 2003, has just been confirmed in U.S. cattle. News of the finding was published in medical journal, "Emerging Infectious Diseases." The virus is called "bovine kobuvirus" (BKV), and it is in the same family as viruses that cause head colds and sinus i...
6 Feb 2020
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- After a day of being lambasted by international media and even President Donald Trump, Iowa Democrats released results of roughly 62% of the Iowa precinct totals late Tuesday afternoon. After a brief mea culpa in the late afternoon, Iowa Democratic Party officials reported South Bend, Indiana, Ma...