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22 Oct 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Farm losses in Georgia following Hurricane Michael last week are going to make it hard for farmers to cover operating loans unless lenders can offer some latitude on payment. Gerald Long, president of the Georgia Farm Bureau, said loan repayment is one his biggest concerns for fellow farmers tryin...
22 Oct 2018
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON, D.C. (DTN) -- Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, Environmental Protection Agency Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler, and Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb on Thursday signed a joint agency agreement aimed at educating Americans on the impacts and importance of reducin...
22 Oct 2018
By Todd HultmanDTN Analyst I know time flies and early August doesn't seem that long ago when December Kansas City wheat prices were challenging $6.20 a bushel with help from dry weather concerns in Europe. Europe's wheat production did suffer this year, 9% lower according to USDA, and production is also estimated 18% lower in Russia and 13% lower ...
19 Oct 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor DES MOINES (DTN) -- Marty Matlock sees the efforts to address climate change, global population rise and agricultural sustainability as the need to further intensify food production on current cropland while better explaining the story of modern food production to consumers. Matlock, a professor of biological a...
19 Oct 2018
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices continue to move higher slowly, according to prices tracked by DTN for the second week of October 2018. For the fifth week in a row, all eight major fertilizers were higher compared to a month earlier. None of the eight, however, were up a significant amount. DAP had an average...