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24 Sep 2020
ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- As the fall seed-buying season advances, EPA is facing a major time crunch on its dicamba herbicide decisions.The agency had originally vowed to have a re-registration decision for four dicamba herbicides -- Tavium (Syngenta), Engenia (BASF), XtendiMax (Bayer) and FeXapan (Corteva) -- settled by early fall so farmers could b...
24 Sep 2020
It's uncommon for soybean and corn prices not to move in the same direction at roughly the same pace at the same time. The two products are substitutes in some ways (as animal feed or as planted acreage alternatives) and complements in some ways (as components of an investor's managed futures portfolio or as crops planted in a 50-50 rotation), so t...
23 Sep 2020
By Chris Clayton DTN Ag Policy Editor and Todd NeeleyDTN Staff ReporterOMAHA (DTN) -- Short-term funding for USDA's Commodity Credit Corp. has become a major political fight as House Democratic leaders put forward a short-term bill to fund the federal government that doesn't replenish the USDA fund.Language was released for a continuing resolution...
23 Sep 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- A couple of separate but high-profile announcements on sustainability initiatives in agriculture are rolling out this week, focusing on ranches in the Plains states and cotton producers in the South.A collaboration between companies and foundations is leading to more than $6 million for a new program called the Ranch Systems and Viab...
23 Sep 2020
By Chris Clayton DTN Ag Policy Editor and Todd NeeleyDTN Staff ReporterOMAHA (DTN) -- Short-term funding for USDA's Commodity Credit Corp. has become a major political fight as House Democratic leaders put forward a short-term bill to fund the federal government that doesn't replenish the USDA fund.Language was released for a continuing resolution...