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24 Mar 2022
The crop season continues in Argentina as much of the late-planted corn and soybeans are in reproductive or filling stages of growth. But the attention is starting to turn northward in Brazil. The second-crop (safrinha) corn in the country is essentially all in the ground and developing quickly. The central states of Mato Grosso, Goias, and Minas G...
23 Mar 2022
NEW ORLEANS (DTN) -- Banding dry fertilizer prior to planting corn, or possibly in-season, can help farmers get the most out of costly nutrients and boost yields. Fred Below, a professor of crop physiology at the University of Illinois, said the current corn yield gap is 439 bushels per acre (bpa). That's the difference between David Hula's world-r...
23 Mar 2022
WASHINGTON (DTN) -- At a hearing Tuesday, Democratic members of the Senate Agriculture Committee focused on how Agriculture Department rural development programs can improve health care, elder care, childcare, and behavioral care, while Republicans focused on the impact of inflation on rural Americans, including their mental health. Building a sust...
23 Mar 2022
OMAHA (DTN) -- Strength is returning to the retail fertilizer market, according to prices tracked by DTN for the third week of March 2022. All eight of the major fertilizers were higher compared to last month and four were considerably higher. DTN designates a significant move as anything 5% or more. DAP was up 11% compared to last month with an av...
22 Mar 2022
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- The EPA failed to assess potential harm to endangered species when setting water-quality standards for the heavy metal cadmium, a new lawsuit filed by the Center for Biological Diversity on Tuesday alleges. Cadmium is used in the production of and is found in phosphate fertilizers. In a complaint filed with the U.S. District ...