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EPA Preparing New Herbicide Strategy
Published July 24, 2023
The Environmental Protection Agency will release its final herbicide strategy by the end of March, 2024. EPA must submit a draft proposal for public comment by the end of this month. This effort is part of a settlement agreement between…Crop Insurance Targeted in New Bill
Published July 24, 2023
New Jersey Senator Cory Booker and Oregon Representative Andrea Salinas have introduced legislation that would gut the crop insurance program. This bill seeks a renegotiation of the Standard Reinsurance Agreement focusing crop insurance on farms of 180 acres or less.…Base Acre Update Sought
Published July 24, 2023
During Corn Congress in Washington, D.C., National Corn Growers Association delegates passed a resolution seeking a mandatory update for commodity program base acres. Policy was also adopted calling for restrictions to foreign ownership of U.S. farmland.EPA Faces Cuts in House Budget Bill
Published July 24, 2023
The House Appropriations Committee has approved a budget that would reduce the EPA's funding to its lowest level since 1991. The party-line vote cut the agency's budget by nearly 40 percent from the current fiscal year. The bill now goes…Looking for a Win Against Scab in Barley
Published July 21, 2023
University of Minnesota Plant Pathologist Bryan Steffenson's research is focusing on barley that will have greater resistance to fusarium head blight. After testing approximatly 28,000 varieties, the trial at the University of Minnesota-Crookston is focusing on the top eight varieties.…Simple Management Tactic for Wheat Stem Sawfly
Published July 21, 2023
Insect pressure was discussed during the University of Minnesota Extension Small Grains Plot Tour at Brooks. “We started noticing incidents of wheat stem sawfly to increase in Minnesota," said Jochum Wiersma, small grains specialist, University of Minnesota Extension. "It’s been…Quality Concerns in Big Sky Country
Published July 21, 2023
Montana Wheat and Barley Committee Executive Director Kent Kupfner says combines and swathers are rolling. “I think so far things are going pretty well, certainly better than the last two years of difficult growing conditions.” After a few years of…AIC Ready to Crush Soybeans This Fall
Published July 21, 2023
The Ag Innovation Campus at Crookston, Minnesota is getting closer to processing soybeans. Construction on the outdoor equipment is expected to be done this month. “There were delays in some of the pumps and other technical things that we weren’t…Season-Long Sugarbeet Disease Management
Published July 21, 2023
According to University of Minnesota Extension Sugarbeet Pathologist Ashok Chanda, there has been less rhizoctonia pressure this season. “Growers are doing an amazing job staying on top of seed treatments and fungicide applications.” As weather conditions change, so does the…