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3 Mar 2020
By Katie DehlingerDTN Farm Business Editor MOUNT JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- Spring crop insurance guarantees for corn and soybeans are the lowest since 2016, which means farmers will have less protection against lower prices in their revenue policies in 2020. At $3.88 per bushel for corn and $9.17 per bushel for soybeans, the guarantees are down 12 ce...
3 Mar 2020
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor SAVANNAH, Ga. (DTN) -- Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue took time after a speech at the National Farmers Union annual meeting here on Monday to better understand the volume of growth in new produce imports at the Port of Savannah. The Port of Savannah has seen an explosion of produce imports from Central and ...
3 Mar 2020
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor SAVANNAH, Georgia (DTN) -- Delegates at the National Farmers Union annual meeting voted overwhelmingly Monday for Rob Larew to take over as the organization's new president. Larew was elected to a two-year term replacing Roger Johnson who officially retired as NFU president at the annual meeting after leading th...
3 Mar 2020
By Todd HultmanDTN Lead Analyst It seems longer, but coronavirus has been mentioned as a market factor for ag prices for over a month now. Back on Jan. 21, DTN's closing market comments talked about the concern of 318 confirmed cases of this infectious and deadly disease in China, just as millions were ready to travel across the country to celebrat...
28 Feb 2020
By Katie DehlingerDTN Farm Business Editor SAN ANTONIO (DTN) -- There was an important two-letter word in President Donald Trump's tweet last week suggesting there could be a third round of trade assistance payments. "It said 'if,'" Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue told farmers at Commodity Classic here on Friday. "Let me clarify: My advice and ...