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31 Jul 2019
By Elaine KubDTN Contributing Analyst It's a strange year when I can go on a crop tour across the Western Corn Belt and the corn fields of North Dakota look tall, lush and robustly promising, but by the time I entered eastern Iowa, it was as if the nation's crops had suddenly played musical chairs and upended their usual geographic distribution. It...
31 Jul 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor DES MOINES, Iowa (DTN) -- As Democratic presidential candidates traipse through Iowa talking about their plans to address climate change, a mixed group of farmers and biofuel advocates are stressing the role agriculture can play as a solution. Matt Russell, executive director of Iowa Interfaith Power and Ligh...
31 Jul 2019
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Farmers facing financial distress are better off not kicking the can down the road, experts on farm finances said during a webinar Tuesday. Donald L. Swanson, an attorney with Omaha-based law firm Koley Jessen PC LLO, who has helped farm families since the 1980s farm crisis, said strategies to improve...
30 Jul 2019
WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Agriculture leaders gathered Friday to celebrate conservation and communicate with consumers, but the differences among farm leaders over conventional and organic farming and the intensity of those feelings were evident at a conference before an exhibit showcasing agriculture was opened on the National Mall. The conference was h...
30 Jul 2019
OMAHA (DTN) -- Corn silking was estimated at 58% and soybeans blooming were pegged at 57% as of Sunday, July 28. Corn was rated 58% in good-to-excellent condition, up 1 percentage point from the previous week, and soybean condition was rated 54%, unchanged from the previous week, according to this week's USDA NASS Crop Progress report. Check this p...