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26 Aug 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- When the co-owner of a Minnesota pet food manufacturer got a brief chance to speak to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and Minnesota members of Congress at a farm show earlier this month, she told them the Food and Drug Administration is damaging both pet-food companies and pulse crop farmers....
26 Aug 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- President Donald Trump late Friday afternoon tweeted that higher tariffs would be slapped on Chinese products, following similar action against U.S. products announced by China earlier Friday. The president reiterated in a tweet China continues stealing intellectual property to the tune of hundre...
26 Aug 2019
By Todd HultmanDTN Lead Analyst If there was ever a grain that could be described as an overachiever, it has to be soft red winter (SRW) wheat. Only accounting for one-seventh of U.S. wheat production, SRW wheat is known in the futures market as Chicago wheat, and consistently attracts more trading volume than any other U.S. wheat contract. As a co...
23 Aug 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- China will again increase tariffs on U.S. agricultural products as part of an announcement Friday by China's government to raise tariffs on $75 billion in U.S. products. Again caught in the middle of the trade battle between the two countries are soybeans, which will face a 5% higher tariff start...
23 Aug 2019
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Anthrax, a disease which can affect both livestock and humans, continues to be an issue in different places across the country this growing season. At least two states have reported livestock cases in recent weeks. Anthrax was reported in a herd of cattle in western North Dakota, according to a North D...