A California lawsuit alleges chlorpyrifos drift from commercial nurseries
caused Parkinson's disease, targeting Corteva, Dow and pesticide applicators
over design, testing and application practices.
:^Pesticide Lawsuit Targets Corteva, Dow
Average retail fertilizer prices were mixed for the first week of November
2026. Prices for five nutrients were slightly higher compared to last month,
while prices for the remaining three were slightly lower. No fertilizer had a
significant price move, which DTN designates as anything 5% or more.
BDTN Retail Fertilizer Trends
The persistent El Nino pattern has been flooding North America with warm,
Pacific-based air for the vast majority of the fall season. Disruptions to that
source are starting to show up heading through November.
@^Ag Weather Forum
Cattle producers should monitor frost-damaged warm-season forages for
prussic acid, delay grazing and watch for dangerous young regrowth before
returning livestock to affected fields.
BProtect Cattle From Grazing Risks
USDA is proposing its first major grazing rule revision since 1977 while
opening 165 vacant allotments to applications and setting a goal of expanding
grazing capacity by 500,000 animal unit months by 2028.
7^USDA Proposes New Grazing Rules
