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19 Nov 2020
WASHINGTON (DTN) -- USDA's Farm Service Agency on Wednesday restored the previous definitions of "active personal management," "significant contribution," and "related phrasing" in a rule on farm program subsidy eligibility and payment limitations. FSA Administrator Richard Fordyce called the change, which will be published in the Federal Register,...
18 Nov 2020
Mike Starkey intends to make every dollar spent on soybean production count. That starts at planting with the right amount of nutrients in the right place. Applying a blend of potassium, phosphorus, nitrogen and micronutrients in-furrow is the key to maximizing soybean production, the Brownsburg, Indiana, farmer explained. Each field gets a differe...
18 Nov 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices continue to be generally mixed, according to retailers tracked by DTN for the second week of November 2020. The prices of five of the eight major fertilizers were down from last month, but none were lower by a significant amount, which DTN designates as 5% or more. Urea had an average price of $358/ton, down ...
18 Nov 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- A group of farm organizations on Tuesday announced a set of proposals for how agriculture should tackle climate change, as they expect to see more aggressive measures taken to lower greenhouse gas emissions under the incoming president. While major climate action could be slowed by a Republican-led Senate, President-elect Joe Biden m...
17 Nov 2020
The deadline to enroll in the 2021 Dairy Margin Coverage Program is Friday, Dec. 11, according to a news release from USDA. The signup period began in October. Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) is a voluntary risk management program that offers protection to dairy producers when the difference between the all-milk price and the average feed price (the ma...