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Prices for all eight of the major fertilizers tracked by DTN increased significantly this week. MAP, 10-34-0 and UAN 32 topped the charts with prices increasing by 12% from last month.

A federal court has granted a stay in an ongoing lawsuit challenging EPA's actions on atrazine and two related herbicides.

EPA intends to block state attempts to extend the federal dicamba cutoffs to accommodate late-planted crops in 2021.

Alfalfa producers need to keep a close eye on insect pests and diseases during the growing season, as these can rob yield and lower the quality of the forage. Scouting and management practices are important steps to preventing crop losses.

Dicamba applicators will face larger and more complex buffer requirements for dicamba applications in 2021.

The Arkansas State Plant Board has voted to consider using the federal dicamba cutoff dates this season, in a sudden reversal of the May 25 cutoff date the board approved in December.

Presenters at Commodity Classic dug into how spending more on early season weed control can save you money.

Prices of all eight major fertilizers increased significantly again this week, with countervailing duties on phosphorus fertilizers and nitrogen demand for the upcoming growing season driving the surge.

Drought and soaring input prices are top of farmers' minds as they tackle the 2021 planting season, even as the tumult of 2020 still lingers for many.