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11 May 2021
ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Glufosinate herbicides, often sold under the Liberty brand, are in higher demand than ever before. This year, nearly every herbicide-tolerant soybean trait on the market -- XtendFlex, Enlist E3, Liberty Link and LL GT27 -- contains tolerance to glufosinate. As a result, the number of growers spraying the herbicide for the fi...
10 May 2021
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Archer Daniels Midland announced on Monday plans to build the first soybean-crushing plant in North Dakota after previous attempts by another company to launch a similar project fell through. ADM announced in a news release plans to build a $350 million crush and refining complex in Spiritwood, North Dakota, expected to be on...
10 May 2021
Specialty Soya and Grains Alliance (SSGA), on their website, recently wrote that, "For more than six months, U.S. ag exporters, including SSGA members who supply Identity Preserved (IP) soya and specialty grains for food manufacture, have suffered under unreasonable practices by ocean carriers. These practices include the declining of U.S. agricult...
10 May 2021
She looks like a walking refrigerator. She probably weighs well over 1,500 pounds. Is she on the cull list come fall? Slow the roll. Weight isn't all there is to efficiency in a cow herd today. Ryon Walker, livestock consultant at Noble Research Institute, says there's a lot to consider when looking at how efficient a cow herd is overall. Weight is...
7 May 2021
ANKENY, Iowa (DTN) -- The winter wheat crop mostly escaped disaster from a late-April freeze in the Central and Southern Great Plains, though reports of isolated damage have surfaced. Record- or near-record-low temperatures were recorded in major winter wheat-growing states such as Kansas, Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle from April 20-23, accordin...