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18 Mar 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- The Federal Claims Court has delayed a new class-action lawsuit that seeks compensation for farmers and other property owners who suffered property losses from repeated floods on both sides along a 240-mile stretch of the Missouri River. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of more than 60 landowners, has been delayed, pending a possible app...
17 Mar 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- Despite calls from Congress to help make more farmers and ranchers eligible for the Small Business Administration's Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans, the SBA has declared farmers in partnerships do not get the benefit of using gross income when applying for a PPP loan. The SBA issued a 15-page guidance late last week on how bu...
17 Mar 2021
Des KellerProgressive Farmer Editor The year 2019 was an eye-opener for Lewis Stearns, the founder of the consulting company Progressive Crop Solutions. European corn borers were taking a serious toll on the corn fields of several clients. "I wasn't super accustomed to seeing these insects, because Bt corn has been part of the market as long as I'v...
17 Mar 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices tracked by DTN for the second week of March 2021 continue to show considerably higher prices. Once again, all eight of the major fertilizers were up a significant amount, which DTN designates as 5% or more, for the sixth week in a row. Half of the fertilizers continue to be double digits higher from the previ...
16 Mar 2021
Imagine breakfast without coffee. Or bananas. Or orange juice! All come to our table from crops facing pest problems serious enough to threaten their future -- and the answer to their survival may depend on genetic tinkering. Will consumers be more accepting of genetically modified (GM) food if they are faced with going without? For a few weeks, DT...