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11 Nov 2021
ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Scientists from both Tennessee and Illinois have confirmed dicamba-resistant waterhemp in their respective states this week. The Illinois weed population, collected from Champaign County, shows 5- to 10-fold levels of resistance to dicamba compared to susceptible populations, said University of Illinois weed scientist Aaron...
10 Nov 2021
DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- Ryan Wieck may tease about all the time he's spent with a stripper lately, but it's all about peeling bolls from cotton stalks for this Texas farmer. Meanwhile, in Iowa, Kellie Blair has also been using fall days to work a strip-till unit through the field while applying fertilizer. The idea is to prepare a seedbed for next y...
10 Nov 2021
ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Scientists from both Tennessee and Illinois have confirmed dicamba-resistant waterhemp in their respective states this week. The Illinois weed population, collected from Champaign County, shows 5- to 10-fold levels of resistance to dicamba compared to susceptible populations, said University of Illinois weed scientist Aaron...
10 Nov 2021
MT. JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- The average retail price of anhydrous set a record this week at $1,113/ton after increasing 38% from last month. The seven other major fertilizers tracked by DTN for the first week of November saw increases ranging from 9% to 36% as supply disruptions push prices to new highs. DTN considers a monthly price change of 5% or...
9 Nov 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- Four U.S. senators have struck a deal on a livestock price discovery bill to expand negotiated cash trade for cattle and a library to provide producers details of marketing contract premiums and discounts being set by packers. The four main sponsors include Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa; Deb Fischer, R-Neb.; Jon Tester, D-Mont. and Ro...