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30 May 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- With spring rains that won't cease, farmers will be increasingly pushed over the next few weeks to weigh their prevented-planting options. The angst over planting is also higher for farmers who hedged a percentage of their 2019-20 corn ahead of planting season. Angie Setzer, vice president of grai...
30 May 2019
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The 2015 waters of the United States, or WOTUS, rule may have suffered a final defeat, as a Texas court Tuesday granted a motion for summary judgement to the American Farm Bureau Federation that sends the rule back to EPA. The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas ruled EPA violated t...
30 May 2019
By Pamela SmithDTN Progressive Farmer Crops Technology Editor DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- Those yellow flowers filling fields across the Midwest aren't buttercups, baby. They are weeds and consumed in enough quantities, cressleaf groundsel, also called butterweed, can be toxic to livestock. Ohio State University weed specialist Mark Loux said the winter...
29 May 2019
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Bayer's legal battle on glyphosate has headed north of the border as class-action lawsuits alleging the use of Roundup causes cancer, have been launched in Canada. The latest was filed on May 24 in Quebec, where dairy farmer Liliane Paquette is seeking $10 million in damages. The lawsuit said she was ...
29 May 2019
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- In a late, delayed spring like this one, growers may have to rely on postemergence herbicide applications more than usual to control weeds. If dicamba-tolerant soybeans or cotton are in your acreage mix, in-season dicamba applications can help -- but take care. The new dicamba herbicides ...