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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...
20 Sep 2017
By Richard OswaldDTN Special Correspondent LANGDON, Mo. (DTN) -- Fall is the time of year when luxuriant, green fields are painted earth-toned yellow, orange and brown. But for farmers like DTN View From the Cab farmer Zack Rendel of Miami, Oklahoma, fall harvest numbers paint the prettiest picture of all. Zack and his family have finished the best...
20 Sep 2017
By Pam SmithDTN Progressive Farmer Crops Technology Editor MONHEIM, Germany (DTN) -- Liam Condon, Bayer's president of the Crop Science Division, said the company is making progress on the planned acquisition of Monsanto. But he told journalists attending a global conference that the company now expects to close the deal in early 2018 rather than l...