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Since 2015, the national and regional weed science societies have conducted weed surveys in various crops. This year, they're asking farmers and other landowners about the most common and...
Oil futures closest to expiration on the New York Mercantile Exchange and Brent crude on the Intercontinental Exchange softened Monday morning...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday vacated the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's denial of previously...
Weather continues to create interesting scenarios for DTN's View From the Cab farmers in Idaho and Kentucky. This week updates on some...
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DTN Crops Editor Jason Jenkins began his journalism career full time in 2000. While his repertoire of communications tools has evolved and expanded through the years, one passion has remained constant: telling stories that connect with an audience.
Jenkins grew up on a small family farm in northwest Illinois. He attended the University of Missouri where he earned a bachelor's degree in agricultural journalism. Prior to joining the DTN team, Jenkins and his wife, Allison, founded Mill Creek Communications Services, a custom multimedia content business, in 2016. Jenkins also previously served as managing editor of Rural Missouri magazine as well as an information specialist for University of Missouri Extension. Jenkins and his family reside on a farm in Missouri's Callaway County.
Since 2015, the national and regional weed science societies have conducted weed surveys in various crops. This year, they're asking farmers and other landowners about the most common and...
Have farmers sprayed dicamba over their soybeans for the last time? The beginning of what could be the end in the tumultuous saga of the controversial herbicide is here as major soybean...
EPA's quest to protect threatened and endangered species when it registers pesticides took its next step on Thursday when the agency released its draft Insecticide Strategy.
Just one week before the final 2024 cutoff date for over-the-top application of dicamba herbicides, EPA announced a public comment period for a new label for Syngenta's Tavium product with proposed post-emergence application in...
Since 2015, the national and regional weed science societies have conducted weed surveys in various crops. This year, they're asking farmers and other landowners about the most common and troublesome weeds in aquatic and...
Just knowing a field has soybean cyst nematode isn't enough. An HG type test measures the ability of a specific nematode population to reproduce on a soybean variety.
Have farmers sprayed dicamba over their soybeans for the last time? The beginning of what could be the end in the tumultuous saga of the controversial herbicide is here as major soybean...
Years in the making, a biotechnology trait for soybean cyst nematode resistance from BASF now has a name. Nemasphere is anticipated to be available in 2028, pending regulatory approval.
Just knowing a field has soybean cyst nematode isn't enough. An HG type test measures the ability of a specific nematode population to reproduce on a soybean variety.
Just one day after a 30-day public comment period for one over-the-top dicamba product ended, EPA announced another for a new label for BASF's Engenia with proposed post-emergence application in both cotton and soybeans.
The next chapter in the saga of "over-the-top" dicamba herbicide is slated to close today as the public comment period for Bayer's latest product ends at midnight.
Soybean gall midge, a pest capable of causing significant yield loss, has emerged in two Nebraska counties. Soybean growers in the region should begin scouting.
Overall, after scouting 449 fields across Kansas this week -- and some into neighboring Nebraska and Oklahoma -- the total weighted average yield for the 2024 hard winter wheat tour was estimated at 46.5 bushels per acre, a 55...
MANHATTAN, Kan. (DTN) --- The Wheat Quality Council's Hard Winter Wheat Tour concluded Thursday, May 16, in Manhattan, Kansas. After three days, scouting 449 fields across the state and some into neighboring Nebraska and...
Day 2 of the Wheat Quality Council's Hard Winter Wheat Tour concluded Wednesday, May 15, with a total weighted average yield estimate of 42.4 bushels per acre (bpa).
Day 1 of the Wheat Quality Council's Hard Winter Wheat Tour concluded Tuesday, May 14, with a total weighted average yield estimate of 49.9 bushels per acre (bpa).
The Wheat Quality Council holds its 2024 Hard Winter Wheat Tour in Kansas this week, offering the world a glimpse at how this year's crop is faring.
A new formulation of the herbicide glufosinate, one that requires less volume to gain weed control like previous versions, moved a step closer to registration approval this week.
May 15 is the last day for winter wheat growers to enter the ninth annual National Wheat Yield Contest using a new website.
Just three months removed from a federal court decision that vacated the registrations of three over-the-top dicamba products, EPA announced a public comment period for a Bayer dicamba product the company hopes is available...
EPA first registered acephate to control insects more than 50 years ago. That registration is now in jeopardy as the agency has proposed canceling all agricultural use of the pesticide.