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24 Jul 2024
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (DTN) -- A new proposed label for Tavium, Syngenta's dicamba herbicide, would maintain over-the-top (OTT) application of the product in soybeans, but only through the V2 growth stage or until June 12, whichever comes first. On July 23, EPA published a notice of receipt in the Federal Register and announced the start of a 30-day ...
24 Jul 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- Average retail prices for most fertilizers continued to decline in the third week of July 2024, according to sellers surveyed by DTN. But for the first time in five weeks, no fertilizer price saw a significant move, which DTN designates as 5% or more. Prices for seven of the eight major fertilizers were slightly lower than last month...
23 Jul 2024
This article was originally posted at 6:02 p.m. CDT on Tuesday, July 23. It was updated with additional information at 8:12 p.m. CDT on Tuesday, July 23. ** MINNEAPOLIS (DTN) -- Day 1 of the Wheat Quality Council's Spring Wheat and Durum Tour concluded on Tuesday with a total weighted average yield estimate of 52.3 bushels per acre (bpa). Last year...
23 Jul 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- With the chances of passing a farm bill this year waning, farmers, ag financiers and economists told the House Agriculture Committee on Tuesday that the industry needs support as the ag economy continues to deteriorate. The committee held a hearing examining the condition of the agriculture economy and committee leaders conti...
23 Jul 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Massachusetts' animal welfare law was allowed to stand on Monday after a federal court ruled the Federal Meat Inspection Act does not preempt the Massachusetts Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act created as a result of a ballot initiative passed by voters. The state's law bans the sale of pork meat that doesn't meet sow hou...