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1 May 2018
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Dicamba is a tattletale. And the 2017 season taught us just how readily common mistakes can show up as crop injury. While much of the dicamba drift may have been accidental or beyond human control, some applicators engaged in the use of illegal formulations, improper additives and the wro...
30 Apr 2018
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Ah, planting season -- that magical time of year when spray rigs and tractors pulling planters or tillage equipment must share the road with over-caffeinated commuters, soccer moms and truck drivers. The season is ripe for traffic accidents, so we visited with two farmers, Stephen Elli...
30 Apr 2018
OMAHA (DTN) -- U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has authorized the movement of a modified, non-infectious version of the foot and mouth disease (FMD) virus from the Plum Island Animal Disease Center to the U.S. mainland for continued vaccine development and study, according to a news release issued by the USDA Animal and Plant Health Insp...
30 Apr 2018
By Emily Unglesbee DTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- A mushroom that doesn't brown. White flour with as much fiber as whole-wheat flour. Corn that can fend off northern corn leaf blight. Soybeans that can tolerate salty soils and drought. These products and dozens more are quietly making their way from laboratories to fields, bypassing the...
27 Apr 2018
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Ah, planting season -- that magical time of year when spray rigs and tractors pulling planters or tillage equipment must share the road with over-caffeinated commuters, soccer moms and truck drivers. The season is ripe for traffic accidents, so we visited with two farmers, Stephen Elli...