There is a lot of angst about farm income right now, but policymakers already seem to accept that another one-year extension of the 2018 farm bill is unavoidable. If a farm bill doesn't get done this year, then there is no chance to have a better safety net in 2025. The earliest changes in reference prices would come in 2026.
Showers continue in the Southeast U.S. this weekend. Showers also develop from the Delta into the Midwest and in the Northern Plains. » More DTN Weather Commentary
EPA's quest to protect threatened and endangered species when it registers pesticides took its next step on Thursday when the agency released its draft Insecticide Strategy.
Day 2 of the Wheat Quality Council's Spring Wheat and Durum Tour concluded Wednesday, July 24, with a total weighted average yield estimate of 52.5 bushels per acre (bpa) for 116 total fields sampled.
Just one week before the final 2024 cutoff date for over-the-top application of dicamba herbicides, EPA announced a public comment period for a new label for Syngenta's Tavium product with proposed post-emergence application in both cotton and soybeans.
