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4 May 2018
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- This bi-monthly column condenses the latest news in the field of crop technology, research and products. NAME THAT (STINK) BUG The University of Minnesota has released an app called the Midwest Stink Bug Assistant to help farmers quickly identify and report the invasive Brown Marmorated...
4 May 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Nearly two years after Congress passed a law requiring the disclosure and labeling of foods with ingredients from genetically modified crops, USDA has opened up the comment period on a proposed rule for creating a mandatory disclosure standard for "bioengineered foods." Technically, the standard i...
4 May 2018
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst WICHITA, Kan. (DTN) -- Kansas wheat has the potential to yield 37 bushels per acre on average this year, organizers of the Wheat Quality Council's Winter Wheat Tour announced early Thursday afternoon. But in order to reach that potential, the crop will need timely rains and near-ideal weather conditions the re...
3 May 2018
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Stripe rust is beginning to drift into the Great Plains and Midwest, after a long journey from its breeding grounds along the Gulf of Mexico. The disease got a slower start this year, thanks to a cold winter for most of the U.S., plant pathologists told DTN. Now its signature rusty oran...
3 May 2018
By John HarringtonDTN Livestock Analyst Dear Director Kerestes, I'm sure you don't know me from a barrel full of variables and data points. Not to worry. Who could expect a busy man like yourself (no doubt up to his heinie in statistical alligators and unacceptable margins of error) to recognize one insignificant outlier in a vast array of cranky m...