At the recent Commodity Classic show in San Antonio, Rollins told ag media the trade situation for the U.S. is gradually improving, and input costs show some signs of coming down a bit. 

During a webinar for the National Ag Law Center, USDA Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden said the two companies were colluding to limit U.S. fertilizer supply and control prices.

USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins announced Tuesday that the massive agency will be required to change its research focus to be more in alignment with the needs of farmers.

Weed scientist Aaron Hager recently told Brownfield Ag News that resistance was found in about four populations of waterhemp in Illinois, “so it’s involved resistance to herbicides from eight different chemical classes.”