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18 Mar 2016
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. IMAGINE THERE'S NO ... GMOs. Three scientists from Purdue University set out to answer a controversial question: What would happen if genetically engineered (GE) crops vanished from ...
17 Mar 2016
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Several major agricultural groups have opted to join a legal battle over neonicotinoid seed treatments and support the Environmental Protection Agency's motion to dismiss the case originally brought by environmental groups and a handful of beekeepers. The litigation over neonicotinoids has signif...
17 Mar 2016
By Alastair StewartDTN South America Correspondent SAO PAULO, Brazil (DTN) -- The expansion of Brazilian soybean planted area will slow in 2016-17, with acreage rising just 1.5 million acres next season, forecasts Agroconsult, a local farm consultancy. Once again, limits in access to credit will limit planted area while the oilseed will cease to ex...
16 Mar 2016
By Chris Clayton DTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- The U.S. Senate couldn't come to terms on a bill closely tracked by agriculture that would block state biotech labeling laws by creating a voluntary federal program. The defeat of a bill watched closely by the agriculture and food industries leaves biotech labeling efforts in the hands of states ...
16 Mar 2016
By Bryce AndersonDTN Ag Meteorologist OMAHA (DTN) -- DTN's weather forecast the first week of March for the following seven-to-10-day period showed the potential for 10 inches of rain in Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi and eastern Texas. That forecast was verified, and then some, with maximum rainfall amounts in the Delta from March 9-11 totaling ...