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17 May 2024
The historic and GPS-battering solar storm that interrupted planting 2024 like an invisible springtime thunderstorm last weekend may soon return, according to the Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC), headquartered in Boulder, Colorado. The SWPC is a service of the National Weather Service (NWS), both organized under the National Oceanic and Atmo...
17 May 2024
By Jerry Hagstrom, DTN Political Correspondent, and Chris Clayton, DTN Ag Policy Editor WASHINGTON and OMAHA (DTN) -- The chairman of the House Agriculture Committee on Friday released a comprehensive farm bill text that would increase Title I farm subsidies and crop insurance premium subsidies by between $50 billion and $53 billion over 10 years....
17 May 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Anti-dumping and countervailing duties on 2,4-D imports from China and India moved one step closer to approval Friday as the U.S. International Trade Commission voted to continue investigating in response to a petition filed by Corteva Agribusiness LLC in March. Corteva claimed in its petition filed on March 14, 2024, that 2,...
17 May 2024
By Mike Watkins, DTN Correspondent Editor's Note: Throughout May, DTN/Progressive Farmer's special series "Mental Health Hope & Help" is exploring the unique mental health challenges people in rural America face, highlighting efforts to overcome stigma and looking at ways farmers and ranchers can manage their mental wellness. This is the sixth stor...
16 May 2024
MANHATTAN, Kan. (DTN) --- The Wheat Quality Council's Hard Winter Wheat Tour concluded Thursday, May 16, in Manhattan, Kansas. After three days, scouting 449 fields across the state and some into neighboring Nebraska and Oklahoma, the total weighted average yield for hard winter wheat was estimated at 46.5 bushels per acre (bpa), a 55% increase fro...