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7 Mar 2016
By Alastair StewartDTN South America Correspondent NOVA XAVANTINA, Brazil (DTN) -- For many Brazilian farmers, this soybean season has been difficult with dry weather hampering planting and early crop development in the Cerrado and then incessant rain threatening to spoil the crop during harvesting in the south. But with the crop around 40% harves...
7 Mar 2016
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor NEW ORLEANS (DTN) -- Farmers are looking for some normalcy to come back into presidential politics this year, but farmers at Commodity Classic also were divided on the state of the campaign. Groups such as the National Corn Growers Association don't back or support any candidate, but the group wants to make su...
4 Mar 2016
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor NEW ORLEANS (DTN) -- Environmental Defense Fund wants farmers to know the performance of the various fertilizer- and nutrient-management products on the market. EDF rolled out a website and assessment tool called NutrientStar at Commodity Classic. NutrientStar will review computer programs that set fertilizer r...
4 Mar 2016
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter NEW ORLEANS (DTN) -- 2015 will be a tough year to beat for the sorghum industry. Farmers planted 8.5 million acres of the grain, which was valued at a near-record high of $1.97 billion, thanks to robust demand from China. The troublesome sugarcane aphid eased up in some geographies and allowed growers to set a ...
4 Mar 2016
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor NEW ORLEANS (DTN) -- As Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack continues his somewhat farewell tour of speeches as President Barack Obama's longest-serving cabinet member, he continues to stress optimism for rural America and the importance of agriculture to the country as a whole. It's a theme Vilsack has built on ...