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17 May 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Anti-dumping and countervailing duties on 2,4-D imports from China and India moved one step closer to approval Friday as the U.S. International Trade Commission voted to continue investigating in response to a petition filed by Corteva Agribusiness LLC in March. Corteva claimed in its petition filed on March 14, 2024, that 2,...
17 May 2024
By Mike Watkins, DTN Correspondent Editor's Note: Throughout May, DTN/Progressive Farmer's special series "Mental Health Hope & Help" is exploring the unique mental health challenges people in rural America face, highlighting efforts to overcome stigma and looking at ways farmers and ranchers can manage their mental wellness. This is the sixth stor...
16 May 2024
MANHATTAN, Kan. (DTN) --- The Wheat Quality Council's Hard Winter Wheat Tour concluded Thursday, May 16, in Manhattan, Kansas. After three days, scouting 449 fields across the state and some into neighboring Nebraska and Oklahoma, the total weighted average yield for hard winter wheat was estimated at 46.5 bushels per acre (bpa), a 55% increase fro...
16 May 2024
WICHITA, Kan. (DTN) -- As Day 2 of the Wheat Quality Council's Hard Winter Wheat Tour concluded Wednesday, May 15, a severe thunderstorm watch had been issued for 18 counties in south-central Kansas. Along the Oklahoma-Kansas border, a thunderstorm developed, providing much-needed rainfall to many of the wheat fields that had been assessed by the t...
15 May 2024
WICHITA, Kan. (DTN) -- Day 2 of the Wheat Quality Council's Hard Winter Wheat Tour concluded Wednesday, May 15, with a total weighted average yield estimate of 42.4 bushels per acre (bpa). Field sampling occurred along six routes traversing western and southern Kansas from Colby to Wichita, along with some sampling in select counties in northern Ok...