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16 Jul 2018
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- One of three men indicted on 14 counts of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and making false statements to attain loans and crop insurance for Decatur, Michigan-based Stamp Farms LLC, has reached a plea agreement, according to court documents filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Western ...
16 Jul 2018
By Lance WoodburyDTN Farm Business Adviser Many of these columns have focused on big, strategic moves family businesses should make to enhance their success with estate plans, management succession, family employment, compensation, governance and conflict management. A degree of certainty on these important issues helps family members make better d...
16 Jul 2018
By Todd HultmanDTN Analyst If we look at Thursday's World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report from USDA, especially the world estimates for corn, it is easy to get a bullish feeling for corn prices. USDA lowered its estimate of world ending corn stocks to 151.96 million metric tons (mmt) (5.98 billion bushels) for 2018-19, a 21%...
13 Jul 2018
By John HarringtonDTN Livestock Analyst When President Donald Trump first tweeted in early March that "trade wars are good and easily won," I think he may have been onto something. That is, if you allow me to read behind the typos. Whatever you think about his philosophy of leadership through tweets, the president has developed quite a reputation f...
13 Jul 2018
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The EPA was set to reallocate gallons lost in the Renewable Fuel Standard to small-refinery waivers, but that proposal was pulled within days after a series of meetings and phone calls that then EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt had with lawmakers from oil states and RFS stakeholders. As part of the rule...