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26 Oct 2016
By Elaine KubDTN Contributing Analyst Earlier this month, many farmers were hauling newly harvested $3 corn into the elevator and wondering how they ever got locked into some high-priced land contracts. Meanwhile, two professors were receiving a prize worth 8 million Swedish krona for studying that very phenomenon. Specifically, Oliver Hart and Be...
25 Oct 2016
DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- The drama over possible illegal use of dicamba continues. The Environmental Protection Agency has confirmed that it executed federal search warrants at several southeastern Missouri locations as part of an investigation into alleged misuse or misapplication of dicamba onto herbicide-tolerant soybeans and cotton. The agency s...
25 Oct 2016
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- With the four Republicans and two Democrats on the Senate Agriculture Committee who are running for re-election likely to win another term, attention must be turned to who will serve on that committee and the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee in the next Congress. That's ...
25 Oct 2016
By Todd HultmanDTN Analyst Going over last week's Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Outlook, I noticed an interesting chart that showed USDA's expectation for an 11% increase in net exports of U.S. red meat and poultry in 2017. Not bad, was my first thought, especially for the increased grain demand that will be needed for feed. It also hit me that it ...
24 Oct 2016
By Lori Leonard Reyman DTN/The Progressive Farmer Contributing Editor Jack and Beverly Sparrowks' California cattle operation is a perfect example of how it's not only possible, but practical, to protect land while profiting from it. "This is a really pretty area and a very productive agricultural region," Beverly Sparrowk said. But this normally...