With an August deadline looming, EPA released an update this week to its draft Herbicide Strategy. It describes improvements the agency said will increase flexibility and ease of implementation while still protecting threatened and endangered species.
Average retail prices for all eight major fertilizers are higher compared to last month. This marks the third straight week prices for all fertilizers were up. However, only one fertilizer, UAN32, was significantly more expensive.
Nationwide, corn planting reached 6% complete and soybean planting reached 3% as of Sunday, April 14, both slightly ahead of the five-year averages. Winter wheat conditions were rated 55% good to excellent, down slightly from the previous week.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack spoke Monday to the North American Agricultural Journalists (NAAJ) annual meeting. Vilsack's talk with reporters touched on the farm bill, the relationship with China, highly pathogenic avian influenza and the federal greenhouse gas model.
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Wet season showers have effectively ended this week in most of Brazil,
which puts the onus on fronts coming from Argentina to supply any excess
moisture for the safrinha corn crop in central and southern Brazil. Corn
conditions from here on out will be watched closely as the limited soil
moisture that has built up will likely run out early.
:^South America Calling
With an August deadline looming, EPA released an update this week to its
draft Herbicide Strategy. It describes improvements the agency said will
increase flexibility and ease of implementation while still protecting
threatened and endangered species.
1^EPA Releases Herbicide Strategy Update
The International Research Institute for Climate and Society's summer
forecast suggests summertime dryness due to La Nina development.
4^Ag Weather Forum
Responding to bipartisan concerns, the Biden administration launched an
investigation Wednesday to explore increasing tariffs on imports of steel and
aluminum from China. The administration also has made no efforts to achieve a
full free trade agreement, which senators argue has hurt U.S. agricultural
competitiveness.
BUSTR Defends Ag 'Singles and Doubles'
Average retail prices for all eight major fertilizers are higher compared
to last month. This marks the third straight week prices for all fertilizers
were up. However, only one fertilizer, UAN32, was significantly more expensive.
BDTN Retail Fertilizer Trends
