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12 Dec 2018
By DTN Staff This article was originally posted at 11:04 a.m. CST. It was updated at 11:26 a.m. CST ** OMAHA (DTN) -- Despite a challenging harvest season, USDA on Tuesday largely left corn and soybean production unchanged at 14.626 billion bushels of corn and soybeans at 4.6 billion bushels. USDA released its monthly Crop Production and World Agri...
11 Dec 2018
Cash Market Moves 12/11 13:42 So Long, Farewell, Upper Mississippi River 2018 Shipping Season The departure of Motor Vessel Thomas E. Erickson in late November signified the end of the 2018 shipping season on the Upper Mississippi River within the St. Paul District. The Upper Mississippi River (UMR) shipping season is officially over as tows push...
11 Dec 2018
Family Business Matters 12/11 13:32 Self-Awareness for Success An effective transition requires knowledge of both strengths and weaknesses. Everyone knows the importance of accountants, attorneys and wealth managers when planning the transition of the farm or ranch to the next generation. And, for good reason, as getting the legal, tax and financ...
11 Dec 2018
Farm Carbon and Biofuels 12/11 13:29 Focus of Carbon Sequestration and Farming More Practical Than Global Climate Talks More attention is being paid currently to the role of farm practices in reducing the carbon footprint of biofuels. Members of the South Dakota Corn Growers Association have been researching just how much carbon farmers in the No...
10 Dec 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- The former owners of a large Michigan farming operation are facing more federal criminal charges for their farm that quickly gained acreage and large lines of credit before collapsing in 2012. Michael and Melissa Stamp operated Stamp Farms LLC and Northstar Grain LLC and quickly accumulated large...