In a bipartisan letter, leaders on the Senate Agriculture Committee wrote Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Thursday calling on the department to reinstate additional crop insurance coverage for acres prevented from being planted.
Wintry mix of heavy snowfall, sleet and freezing rain for most of the country over the weekend, along with intense arctic air. » More DTN Weather Commentary
When growing wheat, quantity and quality aren't mutually exclusive. The National Wheat Foundation recognized farmers doing both this week with its Top-Quality Awards.
For the second time in the past four seasons, Idaho wheat farmer Rylee Reynolds bested all entries in the National Wheat Yield Contest, earning the title of "Bin Buster" with an entry of irrigated soft white winter wheat that yielded 228.13 bushels per acre.
The Supreme Court will hear Bayer's Roundup case to resolve whether federal labeling laws preempt state laws, potentially ending thousands of cancer lawsuits.
