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14 Jun 2024
WEINER, Ark. (DTN) -- Explaining why he grows long-grain hybrid rice, Arkansas farmer Scott Matthews highlighted how his farm continues to adapt to sustainability demands over time. "We've got all of these climate-smart programs, and I'm involved in them, I get paid for them and I do them to the T. But at the end of the day, bushels keep me in busi...
14 Jun 2024
Editor's Note: Weeds, insects and disease all have potential to reduce soybean yields, yet there's a hidden pest beneath the soil that costs U.S. farmers $1.5 billion annually. Despite this, soybean cyst nematode (SCN) often goes unchecked. In a special series called, "Stomp on SCN Yield Losses," DTN/Progressive Farmer takes an in-depth look at how...
13 Jun 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- A federal judge in Texas has ruled that USDA discriminated against white farmers in the way it set up the 2022 Emergency Relief Program. Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk of the U.S. District Court of Northern Texas, a 2019 appointee by former President Donald Trump, issued an injunction June 7 against USDA from making or increasing payments o...
12 Jun 2024
The USDA June World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report was expected to show higher wheat production on reports of solid yields and test weight in the early Texas and Oklahoma hard winter wheat harvests -- and that is just what we got. The expectation of that had sent wheat prices reeling for the ninth time in the past 11 days f...
12 Jun 2024
By DTN Staff This article was originally published at 11:04 a.m. CDT on Wednesday, June 12. It was last updated with additional information at 11:26 a.m. CDT on Wednesday, June 12. ** OMAHA (DTN) -- USDA largely held pat on its June supply and demand numbers despite expectations that there would be lower corn ending stocks and lower production in S...