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28 Nov 2017
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Congress returns to Washington this week for what is scheduled to be a three-week session before the Christmas and New Year's holidays, with an agenda filled with taxes and budget issues while three key nominees for agriculture positions remain unconfirmed. The Senate Agriculture Comm...
28 Nov 2017
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst On Monday, Nov. 20, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced a 90-day exemption for truckers hauling agriculture loads and livestock to comply with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) electronic logging device mandate (ELD). The mandate is set to go in to effect December 18, 20...
28 Nov 2017
By Loretta Sorensen Progressive Farmer Contributor When he started developing a registered Black Angus herd in 1993, Gary Knutson didn't plan to take grain out of his feed ration. It was $7 corn in 2011 that drove the South Dakota rancher to alternative feed sources. The search for that best option left him thinking the answer might well be to sto...
27 Nov 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Angie Setzer, vice president of grain at Citizens Elevator, recalled a recent Facebook post showing what happens when the internet goes down. It was a picture of Laura Ingalls Wilder's home on Little House on the Prairie. "Rural America is easily disconnected from the world, and life anymore funct...
27 Nov 2017
By Daniel DavidsonDTN Contributing Agronomist Seedling soybeans felt the burn of protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) inhibitor herbicide in 2017. The herbicide may have caused the actual physical injury, but put the blame on the sustained cold, wet weather following planting for the situation. In a normal, sunny spring, the soybean plant should metabo...