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2 Aug 2017
By Todd HultmanDTN Analyst Heading into August, we have had plenty to talk about in grains this year. But the king of price moves so far has been Minneapolis wheat, where drought in the northwestern Plains wreaked havoc with this year's spring wheat crops. The shorthand explanation is that drought caused spring wheat prices to go higher. That is ...
1 Aug 2017
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Three California agriculture interest groups sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Monday. They claimed in a lawsuit in federal court that the agency harmed ranchers when it didn't follow federal law when it declared ranchlands as critical habitat in the state. The groups include the California C...
1 Aug 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- The linkage between conservation compliance and crop insurance premium subsidies continues to draw complaints, but a new study by USDA's Economic Research Service shows the link helps reduce the farming risks on highly erodible lands and wetland conversions. Coupling insurance and conservation c...
1 Aug 2017
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst At approximately 6:05 p.m. on Aug. 1, 2007, the unthinkable happened in Minneapolis, Minnesota. I had worked late that day in downtown Minneapolis and was heading to my car when the streets suddenly filled with fire engines, police cars and ambulances, sirens blaring, heading toward the Mississippi River. The...
1 Aug 2017
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst At approximately 6:05 p.m. on Aug. 1, 2007, the unthinkable happened in Minneapolis, Minnesota. I had worked late that day in downtown Minneapolis and was heading to my car when the streets suddenly filled with fire engines, police cars and ambulances, sirens blaring, heading toward the Mississippi River. The...