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8 Mar 2019
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Chalmers, Indiana, farmer Brandon Bell isn't waiting for that digital ah-ha moment when, with a simple mouse click or two, a computer generates game-changing recommendations that match the complexities of farming. To get top recommendations now, Bell shares soil and yield data with his local soil-fert...
8 Mar 2019
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ALEXANDRIA, Va. (DTN) -- State pesticide regulators are responsible for overseeing a lot of chemicals, but some expect to police only one this year -- dicamba. "So many resources are dedicated to dicamba that it has made my program a one-issue program," said Tim Creger, a pesticide regulator with the Nebraska D...
7 Mar 2019
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- National and state agriculture interest groups asked a federal appeals court to overturn a $50 million nuisance judgement against a hog farm in North Carolina, in a brief filed on Tuesday, saying the punitive damages awarded threaten agriculture. Ten plaintiffs were awarded a total of $50 million in t...
7 Mar 2019
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- For the first time in several months, retail fertilizer prices appear to be softening somewhat. Prices for half of the eight major fertilizers were slightly lower the fourth week of February 2019 compared to the previous month, according to fertilizer sellers surveyed by DTN. However, although prices f...
6 Mar 2019
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The EPA has sent a rule proposing allowance of year-round E15 sales, as well as reforms to the biofuel credits market, to the White House Office of Management and Budget. Review of the rule that now appears on the OMB website, https://www.reginfo.gov/…, could take up to 30 days to complete. Originally...