Despite national restrictions placed on the use of the pesticide malathion, a new lawsuit alleges the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service violated the Endangered Species Act in issuing a key biological opinion.
The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) and the American Soybean Association (ASA) expressed frustration with a recently released recommendation by the U.S. Department of Commerce to impose preliminary countervailing duty rates on imports of the herbicide 2,4-D.
Corn condition was rated 64% good to excellent, and soybean condition was rated 65% good to excellent as of Sunday, Sept. 8. Spring wheat was 85% harvested.
As the Southern harvest progresses, it won't be long before harvest picks up farther north, and low river water levels are not a welcome sight currently.