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22 Sep 2017
By Jim PatricoProgressive Farmer Senior Editor A mysterious deep-green rectangle convinced Randy Jax that aerial imaging had the potential to improve his farm. His family had grid-mapped its fields near Adams, Minnesota, for 15-plus years, and Jax thought he knew almost all there was to know about the farm's soils. But, he was surprised this sprin...
21 Sep 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- USDA's Office of Inspector General released an audit this week of the National Organic Program that found the program was lacking control and oversight of imports coming into the country that were declared "organic." The audit highlighted that at least some imported food and feed products did not ...
21 Sep 2017
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- A group challenging the administration of checkoff programs in agriculture has asked U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue for a meeting to make its case for transparency and more federal control of those programs. In a letter to Perdue on Wednesday, Mike Weaver, president of the Organization fo...
21 Sep 2017
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ARLINGTON, Va. (DTN) -- State pesticide regulators and departments of agriculture are struggling to manage the workload of hundreds of 2017 dicamba injury investigations as well as looming decisions on how to restrict and manage dicamba use in 2018. "I represent state lead agencies with pesticide control offic...
20 Sep 2017
By Todd HultmanDTN Analyst After USDA disappointed many again with a corn yield estimate of 169.9 bushels per acre, my first thought went directly to commercials, wondering if they would be buying corn as December prices dipped near their August lows. After all, securing cheap corn supplies that can be moved profitably is the primary interest of co...