Headline News
RECENT NEWS
27 Sep 2019
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- At a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing on the meat industry Wednesday, a representative of the U.S. Cattlemen's Association said that price discovery for cattle needs to be improved, while other meat interests said the most important goal for Congress should be approval of the U.S....
27 Sep 2019
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Many ethanol companies in the United States have done about all they can do to weather the downturn in the industry, while others have been less fortunate and have idled production. As President Donald Trump's administration continues to consider some kind of biofuels deal, the economics of ethanol pr...
27 Sep 2019
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- After months of campaigning for the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump could derail the trade deal. The White House and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, signaled Tuesday that the House Democrats' impeachm...
26 Sep 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Japan will lower or eliminate tariffs on roughly half of all U.S. agricultural and food exports to Japan, according to a deal signed Wednesday by President Donald Trump. This deal provides the U.S. with parity to what other countries received in the Trans Pacific Partnership. The Trump administra...
26 Sep 2019
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- As combines start to roll this fall, many growers are firing up grain dryers or cleaning out bin fans, in preparation for a wetter-than-normal crop of corn and soybeans. Other drying challenges loom this year as well, including immature or moldy grain and the difficulty of drying and sto...