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A coalition of agricultural organizations wrote the secretary of transportation highlighting their supply-chain concerns. The group stressed the need for labor, transportation and infrastructure policies, proposals on container ships, rail service and upgrading inland waterways. The letter comes as more ships continue to pile up outside of western ports.

This week's data releases were viewed as supportive for global wheat markets, both for the current 2021-22 marketing year as well as for 2022-23.

University researchers are trying to start long-term human health and environmental monitoring studies after an ethanol plant mishandled pesticide-treated seeds near Mead, Nebraska.

A consensus among cattle groups that there is a need for greater price discovery in the industry is a major driver behind the Cattle Contract Library Act of 2021.

With thoughts of last season firmly in mind for Brazil producers, planting progress has advanced well ahead of schedule. Weather has cooperated with these efforts.

David Hula's 616-bushel-per-acre corn raised the bar in 2019, on land that has been farmed since the early 1600s, but he is determined to keep becoming an even better farmer with each passing year.

A federal judge has allowed multiple pension funds that are shareholders of Bayer to sue the company over its acquisition of Monsanto and questions about whether Bayer did proper due diligence when it came to Monsanto's liabilities for glyphosate cases.

Supply chain issues are changing how DTN's View From the Cab farmers are sizing up everything from fertility needs to what they plant in 2022.

Drastic price increases continue to define the retail fertilizer market as farmers report more problems locking in prices. The average cost of urea is 26% more expensive than last month. DAP, MAP, potash, anhydrous UAN28 and UAN32 saw 11% to 19% increases.

A growing number of soybean and sorghum farmers are deploying bioinsecticides that spread a caterpillar-killing virus throughout fields to control podworm and headworm.

Renewable Energy Group Inc. on Wednesday celebrated the start of construction on the improvement and expansion project at REG Geismar.

The national labor shortage has hurt ag equipment manufacturers and dealerships; the impact may change agriculture forever.