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21 Apr 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor MALVERN, Iowa (DTN) -- Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst told cattle producers she has her own concerns about the Trump administration's trade agenda as producers highlighted topics they would like to see addressed in the next farm bill. Ernst, a first-term Republican, told DTN she expects a quick vote on USDA Secretary nom...
20 Apr 2017
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- For the first time in months, retail fertilizer prices are showing signs of weakening with just as many fertilizer prices lower as higher the second week of April 2017 compared to last month, according to fertilizer retailers surveyed by DTN. Of the eight major fertilizers, half continued to be highe...
20 Apr 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- The Renewable Fuels Association declares the 10% ethanol "blend wall" was broken through last year, based on federal numbers released by the U.S. Energy Information Agency. The blend wall has been a symbolic cutoff between the renewable fuels industry clamoring for higher market share, and the pe...
20 Apr 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Just three weeks ago, the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University was celebrating its 30th anniversary with guest lecturers, including some of the former state legislators who helped create the center. But in a surprise move last week at the Iowa statehouse, lawmakers ...
19 Apr 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- As President Donald Trump champions a "hire American, buy American" executive order meant to crack down on foreign guest workers at high-tech companies, he will leave agriculture's guest-worker program untouched in the process. Senior administration officials outlined the latest executive order on...