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2 May 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Starting Tuesday, most diesel fuel sold in Minnesota will be a blend of 20% biodiesel and 80% petroleum, a long-awaited reality for soybean farmers and the biodiesel industry in the North Star State after years of planning and legislative battles. "We've been at this since B2 (2% biodiesel) and w...
1 May 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor HUBBARD, Texas (DTN) -- Josh Birdwell serves on the Texas Sorghum Producers Board of Directors, but the 37-year-old Texas farmer had a hard time coming up with a rationale for planting sorghum this spring. And that was even before Chinese tariffs rippled through the planting season earlier this month. "The last...
1 May 2018
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (DTN) -- Scouts on the 2018 Wheat Quality Council Hard Winter Wheat Tour are likely to see a very different crop than they found last year. Scouts will wade into some of the worst winter wheat conditions as they begin to pull samples this week. The tour kicks off on Tuesday, May 1, and will...
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...