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2 Mar 2016
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Average retail fertilizer prices continued to move lower the fourth week of February 2016, according to fertilizer retails surveyed by DTN. However, retailers report there are signs these lower fertilizer prices could reverse in the coming weeks and months. With spring application season gaining steam,...
2 Mar 2016
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor NEW ORLEANS (DTN) -- Nobody in Washington, D.C., understands agriculture. That's a frequent bone of contention among farmers when they come into Washington, noted Jon Doggett, executive vice president for public policy at the National Corn Growers Association. His solution is to start building a list of qualifie...
1 Mar 2016
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Agriculture and other industry groups remain unconvinced legal challenges to the waters of the United States rule should be heard by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati, although the court has indicated in previous rulings it may be sympathetic to those groups that claim the ...
1 Mar 2016
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- The Senate Agriculture Committee voted 14 to 6 on Tuesday to advance the bill to ban state labeling of foods with genetically modified ingredients and to set up a national voluntary labeling system. The bill, written by Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., has st...
1 Mar 2016
By Lynn Betts Progressive Farmer Contributing Editor Farmers embrace all sorts of technology to enhance efficiencies and productivity. Yet, when it comes to pinpointing a field's fertilizer program, decisions can still largely hinge on a simple metal probe used to collect soil samples. What has changed is the ability to better define areas with s...