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With wintry temperatures in the rearview mirror, now is the time for growers to walk fields, assess damage and make hard decisions about replanting or staying the course, according to agronomists.
Retail fertilizer prices continue in a slightly mixed pattern, with no major moves higher or lower.
Biofuel groups on Monday told congressional leaders the industry needs direct economic relief.
Farmers have set planting records amid unseasonably cold temperatures and the destabilizing effects of the pandemic.
Most retail fertilizer prices increased compared to last month. DAP led the pack with a $5/ton increase, highlighting the mild nature of prices over the past two months.
Some Midwest farmers are hiring a robotic farming company this spring to custom plant soybeans to solve labor issues and get seed in the ground quickly.
Newly emerged soybean fields will be especially at risk in regions where temperatures are forecast to drop below freezing this week.
Prices for many, but not all, fertilizers rose in the last six weeks as field preparation began in earnest in the U.S.
Forage producers face an uncertain summer. Improved growing conditions could improve production outlooks, but demand is being affected by aftershocks of COVID-19.
The request is part of an effort to give EPA the data it needs to make a dicamba registration this summer.
The average retail prices of eight fertilizers tracked by DTN moved less than $3 per ton from last month, an exceptionally flat trend amid many other wild markets.
In a national letter, Tyson Foods cited over the weekend that packing plant closures are increasingly putting the food supply chain at risk. The pork industry is facing a growing challenge of euthanizing hogs and frustration is mounting.
Fungal diseases such as stripe rust, tan spot and Septoria tritici blotch are very active in the Southern Great Plains this spring.
A number of agriculture groups and companies have filed a motion in a federal appeals court to defend glyphosate.
High black cutworm and armyworm moth captures in the Eastern Corn Belt suggest crops could be at risk this May.
The short-term movement in fertilizer prices is mostly upward.
Most soil temperatures in the Corn and Soybean Belt are too cold to safely plant corn or soybean seeds, agronomists warn.
Research indicates Seed Terminator chews through weed seeds and helps fight resistance issues.
A string of nights with subfreezing temperatures put millions of acres of winter wheat in the Southern Great Plains at risk this week.
Short-term fertilizer prices are trending up, while over the course of a year, prices are down.
Domestic wholesale prices for most fertilizers are expected to be stable to slightly higher as spring demand starts to ramp up across the country.
Many labs remain open but with limited staff and hours and new sample submission protocols.
A government watchdog is looking into whether EPA acted properly when it registered dicamba in 2016 and 2018, as well as reviewing states' use of 24(c) labels, oft used for dicamba in recent years.
The typically stressful season of planting promises to be a welcome distraction from the year's chaotic developments.
