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BASF’s dicamba production facility in Beaumont, Tex. (BASF.com)

U.S. state-level dicamba bans temporary

By Allan Dawson, GFM Network News July 11, 2017

A ban on dicamba applications in Missouri could end by the weekend, a state agriculture official said Monday. “The intent was never for this to be a long pause,” Missouri Agriculture Director Chris Chinn told the U.S. farm show Agritalk on Monday, after Missouri became the second state to announce such a ban so far […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Two states ban dicamba after drift complaints

By GFM Network News July 7, 2017

Reuters — Missouri joined Arkansas on Friday in banning the use and sale of dicamba after a rise in complaints that the herbicide is drifting into neighbouring fields and damaging crops, the states’ agriculture departments said Friday. Dicamba use and complaints about its use have spiked in the past two years in the U.S. More […] Read more

Speaking July 5 at the Crop Diagnostic School in Carman, Manitoba Agriculture’s Terry Buss shows a Roundup Ready 2 soybean plot dying due to dicamba drifting over from the Xtend soybean plot at left. (Allan Dawson photo)

Crops, Machinery, Soybeans, Weather

Xtend soybeans expand options, but be dicamba-drift aware

By Allan Dawson, GFM Network News July 7, 2017

New dicamba- and glyphosate-tolerant soybeans offer more weed control options and are another tool to address herbicide-tolerant weeds, but farmers need to take steps to avoid dicamba drift and spray tank residue, Manitoba officials say. What’s been happening in Arkansas underscores the risk dicamba drift presents. The U.S. state of Arkansas on Friday announced a […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

U.S. may impose tougher curbs to contain bird flu in Arkansas

By GFM Network News March 16, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. authorities are considering imposing tougher restrictions in Arkansas to contain a virulent strain of avian flu in the heart of the country’s poultry region in a bid to minimize international trade disruptions and contain the virus. The H5N2 flu discovered in Arkansas last week is the state’s first case of […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Poultry/Eggs

H5N2 avian flu spreads down Mississippi flyway

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News March 11, 2015

Two more states whose migrating birds’ flight paths cross over much of the Prairies and Ontario now have outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N2 avian flu in commercial turkeys. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Tuesday expanded its restrictions on cross-border imports of U.S. birds, eggs and uncooked poultry products to include those from Missouri. The […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Feeder contracts set fresh highs

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn choppy as trade awaits U.S. crop tour results

Livestock Tax Deferral regions announced for drought-affected producers

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: Feeder contracts set fresh highs

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn choppy as trade awaits U.S. crop tour results

Livestock Tax Deferral regions announced for drought-affected producers

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U.S. state-level dicamba bans temporary

Two states ban dicamba after drift complaints

Xtend soybeans expand options, but be dicamba-drift aware

U.S. may impose tougher curbs to contain bird flu in Arkansas

H5N2 avian flu spreads down Mississippi flyway

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