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1 Dec 2017
By Pam SmithDTN Progressive Farmer Crops Technology Editor SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (DTN) -- Jared Roskamp delivered a terse message to applicators interested in spraying dicamba herbicides in 2018: "Do not use dicamba if you are unwilling or unable to follow requirements." Roskamp was talking to the 131 attendees of Illinois' first training session on h...
1 Dec 2017
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Despite a major push from the Midwest to bolster Renewable Fuel Standard volumes for biomass-based diesel and cellulosic ethanol, in the end, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency left its final numbers released on Thursday virtually untouched from the original proposal. Though the biodiesel indust...
30 Nov 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Cash receipts in the livestock sector are forecast to grow 7.6% for all of 2017 while receipts for crop producers are projected to fall 2%, according to USDA's latest farm income forecast released Wednesday. Overall, net farm income is stabilizing and expected to provide a small bump in 2017 to $...
30 Nov 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- USDA's Office of Chief Economist on Tuesday offered an early look at USDA's Agricultural Projections to 2027 for crops and livestock that will officially be released at the USDA Ag Outlook conference in February. USDA's early estimates project both corn and soybean planted acres next spring to hi...
30 Nov 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- The head of the National Council of Farmer Cooperative is concerned about how tax law will treat a 17.4% tax deduction that could pass from cooperatives through to farmers but leave farmer cooperatives without the same financial benefit they now receive from the Section 199 Domestic Production Act...