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7 Jan 2016
By Chris ClaytonDTN Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- As Bob Stallman was beginning a weeklong ride into the sunset, ending his 16-year term as president of the American Farm Bureau, the four candidates seeking to take the helm at Farm Bureau were gearing up to make their final pitches to the group's membership. Stallman was recognized Wednesday in Was...
7 Jan 2016
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ST. LOUIS (DTN) -- The cotton industry is feeling the sting after the EPA concluded that the use of a popular neonicotinoid insecticide in cotton poses a high risk to bees. On Wednesday, the agency released its preliminary pollinator risk assessment for imidacloprid -- the active ingredient in Bayer Crop Science...
7 Jan 2016
By Dan DavidsonDTN Contributing Agronomist The buzzword in agronomy this past year has been soil health. I've written a lot about how to monitor and measure it. Still, there seem to be many questions about whether we are digging into what's going on or just scratching the surface. In my opinion, the two best soil health tests we have today are the ...
6 Jan 2016
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst As the swollen Mississippi River leaves behind a sizable path of property destruction and tragic loss of human lives and livestock in Missouri and southern Illinois, floodwaters are heading farther south to the Gulf of Mexico, threatening towns and farmland along the way. In the flood's wake, Illinois Gov. Br...
6 Jan 2016
By Elaine KubDTN Contributing Analyst Picture in your mind a Fire Monkey. What does it look like? Your guess is as good as anybody's; it's a mythical zodiac creature, but it is known to be aggressive and mischievous. Now imagine that the Fire Monkey is rapidly running toward you. The Chinese Year of the Fire Monkey, determined by the lunar calenda...