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11 Jun 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- A Clayton County, Iowa, farmer awaiting sentencing on livestock theft, wire fraud and other charges has been fined by the state of Iowa for an alleged environmental violation at a feedlot he operates. Michael Wayne Butikofer from Monona, Iowa, was fined $4,000 for a water quality violation, according to an administrative orde...
10 Jun 2024
This article was originally published at 3:04 p.m. CDT on Monday, June 10. It was last updated with additional information at 3:57 p.m. CDT on Monday, June 10. ** OMAHA (DTN) -- Over 70% of corn and soybeans that have emerged are in good-to-excellent condition, up considerably from last year at this time, USDA NASS reported in its weekly Crop Progr...
10 Jun 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- With a possible plea agreement in the works, a federal judge delayed the scheduled June trial of Springport, Michigan, farmer Gaylord Lincoln to September, according to an order handed down by the court. Lincoln was indicted by a grand jury in 2022 on 13 counts in connection with a federal investigation into alleged federal c...
10 Jun 2024
Wednesday's June 12 reports from USDA, which will be released at 11 a.m. CDT, will update new-crop wheat production estimates in the U.S. and around the world at a time when winter wheat harvest is getting underway. USDA will also take another look at South American crop estimates after last month's flooding in southern Brazil. CORN The latest repo...
10 Jun 2024
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. (DTN) -- Eight years after its initial discovery, a transgenic trait for combating soybean cyst nematode (SCN) now has a trade name. BASF announced on Monday, June 10, that the trait for expressing the protein, Cry14Ab-1, will be called Nemasphere. While the company still doesn't expect Nemasphere to be available until ...