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5 Jul 2017
By Pam SmithDTN Progressive Farmer Crops Technology Editor DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Friday, June 30, announced he has taken action on two proposed emergency rules he received from the Arkansas State Plant Board regarding the use of the herbicide dicamba. In his first action, the governor said that he would submit the "...
5 Jul 2017
By Alan BruglerDTN Contributing Analyst The March USDA Planting Intentions report is a valuable tool, but has on occasions failed to pick up a sizeable chunk of acreage that shows up later and can hurt prices if the yield is average. There have been years where up to 8 million acres used the previous year were not visible in the Principal Crop Acre...
3 Jul 2017
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and other beef industry officials marked the distribution of the first United States beef in China in 13 years, in a ceremony held in Beijing. In a news release, USDA said Perdue joined with U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad to slice a Ne...
3 Jul 2017
By Chris Clayton DTN Ag Policy Editor and Emily Unglesbee DTN Staff Reporter WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Despite expectations in the grain trade that soybean planted acres would top corn acres this year, USDA on Friday pegged corn planting at 90.89 million acres with soybeans coming in at 89.51 million acres. USDA released planted-acre estimates for major...
3 Jul 2017
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Reports of the characteristic cupped leaves associated with dicamba drift have put soybean growers on high alert this summer. While suspicious symptoms have been reported, what is less certain is how much yield loss famers will actually face when combines roll across these fields in the ...