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Obama Includes Ag In Climate Action Plan
Excerpt taken directly from a section entitled “Protecting Our Economy and Natural Resources”: Maintaining Agricultural Sustainability “Building on the existing network of federal climate-science…
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BREAKING: Grain Bin Explosion At Indiana Cooperative Kills One
An explosion at a fertilizer plant in northwest Indiana has killed one person. The Sheriff’s Department confirms that one person was killed in an…
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EPA: Dry Ammonium Nitrate Does Not Meet Current Criteria For Regulation
For the first time since the West fertilizer plant exploded last April killing 15 people, the EPA is responding to questions posed by Congress.…
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REPORTS: Soybeans Susceptible To PPO Herbicide Injury
Recent heavy rainfall in parts of Indiana have created conditions ideal for herbicide injury from certain pre-emergence PPO inhibitors in soybean fields, two Purdue…
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Laserplane Focuses On All Aspects Of Precision Farming
The Trimble Authorized Dealership has transformed its business from one focused primarily on lasers to a business focused on all aspects of precision farming.…
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Genetically-Modified Burritos? Chipotle To Identify Products Containing GMOs
Sure, you probably know the basic ingredients in your fast food lunch — chicken or beef, lettuce and tomato, whathaveyou — after all, you’re…
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Rabo AgriFinance Report Finds Corn Margins To Tighten Significantly
As growth in demand for biofuels begins to slow and Chinese grain demand remains uncertain, U.S. corn prices could be pressured to below break-even…
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Goehring Okays Aerial Application Of Herbicide To Protect Corn
North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring has issued a special local needs (SLN) registration to Bayer CropScience, allowing aerial application of Laudis herbicide to…
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Texas Lawmakers: We Want To Post The Location Of Every Fertilizer Plant
There are 16 fertilizer plants in Texas like the one that exploded in West, but authorities say they aren’t clear if any are near…
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West Fertilizer: Sen. Barbara Boxer To Hold Hearing Next Week
Sen. Barbara Boxer announced Wednesday that she will hold a hearing next week on the fertilizer plant blast in West that killed 15 people,…
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