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2 Nov 2018
By Katie DehlingerDTN Farm Business Editor MOUNT JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- USDA's long-term projections through 2028 show corn acreage gaining ground in 2019, jumping to 92 million acres, and hovering near that level over the next decade. Soybean acreage is expected to fall to 82.5 million acres in 2019 and 2020 before slowly gaining acreage through ...
1 Nov 2018
By Pamela SmithCrops Technology Editor DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection agency has announced it has extended the registration for dicamba herbicides for over-the-top use in Roundup Ready Xtend crops for an additional two years. At the same time, the agency also handed down more label requirements for using XtendiMax, FeXapa...
1 Nov 2018
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- With some harvests lagging and November afoot, there is a strong temptation to race to the field with fertilizer applications as soon as a crop is out. Stay calm, watch the weather and prioritize carefully, urged a group of fertilizer specialists during a University of Minnesota Nutrien...
1 Nov 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- The new North American free trade agreement, once ratified, will provide a bump in U.S. agricultural exports. But an analysis released Wednesday by the Farm Foundation shows those trade gains are overwhelmed by lost exports due to retaliatory tariffs. Farm Foundation contracted with economists at...
31 Oct 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- The president of a major farm machinery manufacturer described Tuesday how import tariffs on steel and aluminum, coupled with export tariffs on U.S. agricultural products, leave agricultural machinery companies "between a rock and a hard place." Leif Magnusson, president of CLAAS Global Sales Ame...