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17 Jun 2024
Editor's Note: Weeds, insects and disease all have potential to reduce soybean yields, yet there's a hidden pest beneath the soil that costs U.S. farmers $1.5 billion annually. Despite this, soybean cyst nematode (SCN) often goes unchecked. In a special series called, "Stomp on SCN Yield Losses," DTN/Progressive Farmer takes an in-depth look at how...
16 Jun 2024
DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- Fathers and farming seem to go together like soil and water. Often, great things germinate from the combination. Other times, the relationship can get downright muddy. Ramey Pottinger and Quint Pottinger will tell you that their farm partnership thrives because they don't sugarcoat anything. "Blunt honesty is how we roll, and...
14 Jun 2024
WEINER, Ark. (DTN) -- Explaining why he grows long-grain hybrid rice, Arkansas farmer Scott Matthews highlighted how his farm continues to adapt to sustainability demands over time. "We've got all of these climate-smart programs, and I'm involved in them, I get paid for them and I do them to the T. But at the end of the day, bushels keep me in busi...
14 Jun 2024
Editor's Note: Weeds, insects and disease all have potential to reduce soybean yields, yet there's a hidden pest beneath the soil that costs U.S. farmers $1.5 billion annually. Despite this, soybean cyst nematode (SCN) often goes unchecked. In a special series called, "Stomp on SCN Yield Losses," DTN/Progressive Farmer takes an in-depth look at how...
13 Jun 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- A federal judge in Texas has ruled that USDA discriminated against white farmers in the way it set up the 2022 Emergency Relief Program. Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk of the U.S. District Court of Northern Texas, a 2019 appointee by former President Donald Trump, issued an injunction June 7 against USDA from making or increasing payments o...