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17 Mar 2022
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- The Clean Water Act has fallen far short of its original goals to have 100% of waters fishable and swimmable by 1983, and a report by the Environmental Integrity Project calls for the elimination of agricultural exemptions from the CWA as part of the fix. For years, farmers and ranchers have had many agriculture practices exe...
16 Mar 2022
OMAHA (DTN) -- Republicans on the House Agriculture Committee on Wednesday used a committee hearing meant to look at USDA climate programs to flip the script and discuss food security, energy prices and high fertilizer prices facing farmers. Coming from a speech in which Congress heard Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ask for more aid in the ...
16 Mar 2022
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Nebraska ag land values increased by an average of 16% compared to 2021, according to a statewide survey by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Agriculture land hit an average of $3,360 per acre, according to the 2022 farm real estate market survey, which is the highest recorded value during the 43-year history of the survey....
16 Mar 2022
OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices tracked by DTN continued to be mostly higher the second week of March 2022. Two fertilizers spiked considerably higher. For the second week in a row, seven of the eight major fertilizers were higher compared to the previous month, but only two were up a significant amount. DTN designates a significant move as...
15 Mar 2022
ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- On March 15, EPA announced that it has approved federal label amendments that further restrict the use of over-the-top dicamba herbicides in Iowa and Minnesota. For the 2022 season, the revised federal labels for XtendiMax, Engenia and Tavium, will contain the following prohibitions: -- No spraying on dicamba-tolerant (DT) c...