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In an op-ed written by NCGA CEO Jon Doggett, he says fertilizer executives are bringing in climbing profits at the expense of farmers, referring to those fertilizer companies as the “Fertilizer Oligopoly.”

High-level talks between the U.S. and China yielded no major outcome Monday night. From human rights issues to crypto mining, leaders talked about a number of issues. Trade was mentioned but was not a priority topic.

Orr will succeed Jim Spradlin, CEO since September 2014, who retires February 28, 2022.

Who has what products where and when are key questions swirling for the 2022 growing season and its required crop inputs.

EPA released an environmental impact evaluation of commonly used herbicides such as glyphosate and atrazine. The report released Nov. 12 has several ag groups frustrated, even questioning “the science” EPA used.

Americans are expected to purchase 161 million lb. of butter between the second week of November through Christmas.

Union: New offer has modest modifications to offer voted down Nov. 2; Vote Wed.

Recent soybean sales have created doubts on just how much China will source. One Ohio State University ag economist says corn, cotton, wheat and pork exports are solid when you compare them to overall commitments.

Make adjustments to your combine now to get more yield out of the field before more corn goes down and molds set in.

“We’re going to do it differently. We’re going to choose active ingredients we haven’t used before. We’re going to do different kinds of production activities,” says Allan Gray at Purdue University.