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26 Apr 2017
By Richard OswaldDTN Special Correspondent LANGDON, Mo. (DTN) -- Last week was a quiet week -- if you don't count the sound of rain on the roof -- DTN View From the Cab farmer Zack Rendel of Miami, Oklahoma, told DTN late Sunday evening. "Last Saturday night we got an inch of rain. Monday we just worked on combines. Now they're ready for wheat and...
26 Apr 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- The White House is using Sonny Perdue's swearing in on Tuesday as agriculture secretary as a backdrop to help show President Donald Trump is focused on the interests of farmers and agriculture. To mark Perdue's confirmation vote and first official day on the job, the president will sign an executi...
25 Apr 2017
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter WASHINGTON (DTN) -- The rain didn't deter the thousands of protesters who streamed into the nation's capital on Saturday, April 22, to join the March for Science. They wrapped their signs in plastic, donned ponchos and marched on as the clouds alternated between drizzle and downpour. Among the many attendees we...
25 Apr 2017
By Mary KennedyDTN Basis Analyst Spring wheat planting was behind in five of the key growing states as of April 16, with Idaho and Washington significantly behind, followed by Minnesota and then North Dakota and Montana, according to last week's USDA Crop Progress report. If you look at a map of 2017 spring wheat final planting dates, parts of Idah...
25 Apr 2017
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Citing federal data that shows ethanol cracked through the blend wall in 2016, the Renewable Fuels Association on Monday asked U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt to keep the Renewable Fuel Standard on track for corn-based ethanol in 2018. RFA Chief Executive Officer ...