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26 Mar 2018
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Southern Plains farmers don't need a crystal ball to tell them what their biggest challenge will be during the upcoming forage-growing season. Every year, it boils down to the same thing: moisture. "Moisture, or lack thereof, is always our biggest struggle it seems like," Jay Leeper, who farms near Alv...
26 Mar 2018
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- President Donald Trump late Thursday imposed tariffs on $60 billion in Chinese goods on the grounds that China had treated U.S. companies unfairly by coercing them into surrendering trade secrets for market access. China immediately threatened retaliation, and U.S. farm leaders expres...
26 Mar 2018
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- The corn plant is slowly shedding its reputation as the high-maintenance diva of the crop world. "Breeders have done one thing primarily -- increase the stress tolerance in hybrids today," explained Purdue University corn agronomist Bob Nielsen. Along with his colleagues, Nielsen recent...
23 Mar 2018
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- While corn ethanol production costs have continued to remain low, a drop in the price of ethanol is keeping net margins tight at DTN's hypothetical Neeley Biofuels ethanol plant. This week, the 50-million-gallon plant in southeast South Dakota is posting a net loss of 12 cents per gallon of ethanol pr...
23 Mar 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Farm groups, agribusinesses and rural advocates are finding much to like in the $1.3 trillion federal omnibus spending bill released late Wednesday. On the regulatory front, the bill includes: -- A provision that would relieve livestock producers of the emissions reporting requirements under...