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22 Sep 2017
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Zeeland, Michigan,-based Boersen Farms is set to either restructure its debt or file for bankruptcy, according to a motion filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan this week. Boersen Farms had asked a federal court to place its operation in the hands of a receivership, in ...
22 Sep 2017
By Greg D. HorstmeierDTN Editor-in-Chief LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (DTN) -- The Arkansas State Plant Board told the herbicide industry in no uncertain terms that it does not believe new formulations of dicamba can be used without significant amounts of volatility and other off-target movement. The board unanimously approved regulations that would ban dicam...
22 Sep 2017
By Jim PatricoProgressive Farmer Senior Editor A mysterious deep-green rectangle convinced Randy Jax that aerial imaging had the potential to improve his farm. His family had grid-mapped its fields near Adams, Minnesota, for 15-plus years, and Jax thought he knew almost all there was to know about the farm's soils. But, he was surprised this sprin...
21 Sep 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- USDA's Office of Inspector General released an audit this week of the National Organic Program that found the program was lacking control and oversight of imports coming into the country that were declared "organic." The audit highlighted that at least some imported food and feed products did not ...
21 Sep 2017
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- A group challenging the administration of checkoff programs in agriculture has asked U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue for a meeting to make its case for transparency and more federal control of those programs. In a letter to Perdue on Wednesday, Mike Weaver, president of the Organization fo...