Moderate to locally heavy rain will move across the southern Midwest Friday -- specifically targeting southeastern Missouri, southern Illinois, and the lower Ohio Valley. We'll also see light rain in the northern Midwest. Hot and dry conditions will stress crops in the central and Southern Plains through the Delta and Deep South. » More DTN Weather Commentary
To help assess the state of North Dakota's wheat crop, the annual
Hard Spring Wheat and Durum Tour will begin in Fargo, N.D., next week. The
wheat stretching from the center of the state eastward to the Red River is
bountiful. But on the western half of the state, arid weather has left much of
this year's crop in peril.
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In its eagerness to placate public pressure and "do something" about
rising commodity prices, Congress is rushing in without adequate consideration
of either the nature of the problem or the optimal solution, Editor-in-Chief
Urban Lehner argues.
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Responding to the speculative investment in commodity markets, the
House Agriculture Committee approved a bill to address speculation without
being too aggressive in changing the markets.
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A U.S. district judge Thursday issued a permanent injunction against
USDA that will suspend the department's ability to allow any more Conservation
Reserve Program land to be used for the critical-feed use haying and grazing
program.
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The European Union's food safety body has given a positive scientific
opinion on Monsanto's new Roundup Ready 2 Yield soybeans. The soybeans now must
clear the somewhat cloudy EU political approval process, though Monsanto
expects full approvals in time for the 2009 U.S. soybean harvest.
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In 1947 the first U.S. case of scrapie was diagnosed in sheep
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