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ARC-PLC Cuts Up in the Air

9 Sep 2015
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Wednesday that the level of cuts farmers face in safety-net programs because of sequestration "is still up in the air," but the cut would fall in that 6.8% to 7.3% range unless Congress acts to avoid those budget cuts. The agriculture secretary took the...

View From the Cab

9 Sep 2015
By Richard OswaldDTN Special Correspondent LANGDON, Mo. (DTN) -- Labor Day marks the unofficial end of summer when students return to school, football season begins, and seersucker is no longer part of wardrobes. View From the Cab farmer Lane Robinson takes a farmer's perspective on Labor Day milestones: "I assume this is the last hurrah for the he...

USDA Weekly Crop Progress

8 Sep 2015
By Cheri ZagurskiDTN Managing Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Corn condition ratings held steady in the week ended Sep. 06, but maturity of the crop is lagging behind the five-year average, according to USDA's latest Crop Progress report. Corn was rated 68% in good to excellent condition nationwide. Twenty percent of the crop is considered mature, compared t...

Silent Biotech Dialogue

8 Sep 2015
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Agricultural industry groups are hoping a visit to the U.S. later this month by Chinese President Xi Jinping will reboot talks between the U.S. and China over improving biotech trait approvals for crops. Crops such as corn and soybeans containing biotech traits approved in the U.S. but not appro...

Dr. Dan Talks Agronomy

8 Sep 2015
Corn harvest is already underway in some areas and you're probably seeing articles and advertisements on ways to help digest corn residue. The introduction of Bt corn with European corn borer resistance, improvements in plant health, greater stalk strength and routine use of fungicides and foliar nutritionals have all increased stalk strength and m...
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