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17 May 2019
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The European Union Commission has canceled an ethanol anti-dumping duty against imports from the United States in place since 2013, essentially reopening a market that collapsed. The commission made the announcement on May 14, after launching a review of the duty on Feb. 20, 2018. The commission conc...
16 May 2019
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices tracked by DTN for the first week of May 2019 continue to be varied. Half of the eight major fertilizers were lower in price compared to last month while the other half were slightly higher. The move lower has been fairly small, which has been the case in recent weeks. DAP had ...
16 May 2019
By Matthew Wilde Progressive Farmer Crops Editor MESERVEY, Iowa (DTN) -- Midwest farmers are doing the unthinkable as the corn-planting window slams shut. Some growers are switching intended soybean acres to corn, or at least thinking about it. Usually the opposite happens in mid-to-late-May if corn isn't in the ground due to yield-loss potential. ...
16 May 2019
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Scientists have found populations of European corn borer in Canada that are fully resistant to the Bt trait Cry1F, sold under the brand name Herculex I. So far, the discoveries are limited to the Maritimes region, specifically Nova Scotia -- where single-trait Cry1F hybrids were used. Bu...
15 May 2019
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Leave that 4-inch soda can in the truck -- some of the weeds and cover crop cover in the Midwest right now will require a yardstick to measure. The persistent cold, wet weather dogging much of the corn and soybean belt this spring has kept many farmers from applying their usual early s...