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5 Nov 2018
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- EPA's announcement of new dicamba regulations comes at a time when states' ability to restrict this kind of federal pesticide label may be under threat. In the past, states have used section 24(c) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), to pass more restrictiv...
5 Nov 2018
OMAHA (DTN) -- The U.S. Census Bureau said Friday that U.S. exports of goods and services totaled $212.6 billion in September, up $3.1 billion from August. Imports totaled $266.6 billion, up $3.8 billion on the month. The resulting trade deficit of $54.0 billion for September was up from $53.3 billion in August. USDA later provided more details for...
2 Nov 2018
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- EPA has extended the registration of three dicamba herbicides, XtendiMax, FeXapan and Engenia, for use over-the-top of soybeans and cotton through the 2020 growing season. EPA has not yet released the dicamba labels, but the agency published a press release that shed some light on chang...
2 Nov 2018
By Dan MillerProgressive Farmer Senior EditorandClaire VathProgressive Farmer Contributing Editor Matt Danner climbed into one of a pair of John Deere S680s the family farm ran for the 2018 harvest. From the high perch of his combine cab, Danner cut through a "very good" corn crop knowing well, that by wider measures, the fall's farm economy is sta...
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 ...