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30 Jan 2020
By Elaine KubDTN Contributing Analyst When the calendar year 2020 started and people across Asia began to anticipate the Lunar New Year celebrations marking the start of a zodiac "year of the rat," there wasn't necessarily any reason to be concerned. Rats are actually seen as signs of wealth and surplus in Chinese culture -- think of the animals as...
30 Jan 2020
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Diamondback moths would do well to be wary of potential mates in the years to come. Scientists recently completed the first successful field testing of a genetically modified (GM) "self-limiting" insect in the U.S., using this species. When the GM male diamondback moths are released and m...
29 Jan 2020
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Average retail fertilizer prices continued to shift even lower the third week of January 2020, according to sellers surveyed by DTN. For the first time in quite some time, multiple fertilizers were significantly lower compared to last month. DTN designates any change over 5% as a significant price move...
29 Jan 2020
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement at a White House ceremony, allowing the president to highlight his trade successes and the overall strength of the U.S. economy even as the impeachment trial against him continues. USMCA is a significant political...
29 Jan 2020
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor My first experience reporting on a concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) expansion in a rural community was more than 25 years ago in Illinois as a business reporter for a small daily paper. I reported on the same type of meetings as a county government reporter in Missouri and later as a regional reporte...