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21 Oct 2015
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor GREAT FALLS, Mont. (DTN) -- Members of the Senate Agriculture Committee asked federal agencies to do a better job explaining their decisions approving biotech crop traits as lawmakers set up arguments Wednesday to deal with growing challenges over biotech food labels. The hearing in Washington, which was webca...
21 Oct 2015
By Victoria G. MyersProgressive Farmer Senior Editor BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (DTN) -- Wyoming State Veterinarian Jim Logan is looking forward to some cold weather. Freezing temperatures should mark the end of this year's outbreak of vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV). It's been an unusually heavy year for the virus, which is primarily spread by flies and m...
21 Oct 2015
By Alastair StewartDTN SA Correspondent SAO PAULO, Brazil (DTN) -- Brazilian farmers have not only forward sold a huge percentage of their coming soybean crop but also a large portion of the second-crop corn that follows it. As a result, second-crop corn area will likely grow by 13% to 27 million acres, forecasts Agroconsult, a local farm consulta...
20 Oct 2015
By Richard OswaldDTN Special Correspondent LANGDON, Mo. (DTN) -- "I had a cup of coffee, read two papers, and texted my son at 6 a.m. this morning." That's how DTN View From the Cab farmer Lane Robinson said he handled the three-hour time change from Eastern to Pacific Daylight Time. Lane has family living in Washington state. He and his wife, Jo ...
20 Oct 2015
By Cheryl AndersonDTN Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Prices of potash continued to fall to record-breaking lows, dropping another 5% in the past week compared to month-earlier averages, according to DTN's weekly retail fertilizer survey. Prices of all other major types of fertilizer remained unchanged or with only small price adjustments of $1 per ton up ...