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4 Mar 2016
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor NEW ORLEANS (DTN) -- As Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack continues his somewhat farewell tour of speeches as President Barack Obama's longest-serving cabinet member, he continues to stress optimism for rural America and the importance of agriculture to the country as a whole. It's a theme Vilsack has built on ...
3 Mar 2016
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Manufacturers would be required to label genetically modified foods on their packages under a bill introduced by four Democratic senators on Wednesday. The move is a sign of the difficulties Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., will face in getting 60 votes for h...
3 Mar 2016
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Ethanol industry leaders want the Obama administration to launch a complaint with the World Trade Organization against China's anti-dumping investigation into dried distillers grains imported from the United States. In a letter to President Barack Obama on Wednesday, Bob Dinneen, president and chief e...
3 Mar 2016
By Chris Clayton DTN Ag Policy Editor NEW ORLEANS (DTN) -- A group of companies and universities have come together to create a central data repository, or cloud, to help farmers store data and share that information with various agronomic and technical service providers. The Agricultural Data Coalition rolled out details about its pilot project o...
2 Mar 2016
By Alastair StewartSouth America Correspondent NOVA XAVANTINA, Brazil (DTN) -- Dry weather in eastern Mato Grosso has not only hurt soybeans, but the delays to the summer crop will also force many to plant second-crop corn later than recommended in this expansion region of Brazil's grain belt. But that is not going to stop farmers from increasing ...