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8 Jan 2018
By Des KellerProgressive Farmer Contributing Editor In July on an early morning drive in east-central Indiana, Don Thurston gave a tour of the 3,600 acres he farms. A longtime no-till practitioner in both corn and soybeans, he spied a cluster of waterhemp near the edge of a field. "I'm sorry, when I see it, I have to get out and pull it up," he sai...
8 Jan 2018
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- A provision in Idaho's so-called "ag-gag" law that forbids recording devices on farms and slaughterhouses without the owner's consent was struck down on Thursday. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco ruled 2-1 that the provision is a violation...
4 Jan 2018
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Average retail prices for most fertilizers continued to move higher as 2017 drew to a close, according to retailers surveyed by DTN. Seven of the eight major fertilizers were higher the fourth week of December compared to a month earlier. Anhydrous was 12% more expensive compared to last month and had...
4 Jan 2018
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, said Tuesday the U.S. Senate needs to end a hold on the nomination of Iowa Agriculture Secretary Bill Northey to a key USDA post and also pushed ethanol and oil interests to work out their differences with the Renewable Fuel Standard. Grassley told reporters he hasn't ta...
4 Jan 2018
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Attorneys general in 11 states have joined agriculture groups in asking a district court to block a law in California that requires labels on products that may contain the herbicide glyphosate, known as Proposition 65. On Dec. 27, 2017, a temporary injunction was requested by the National Association ...