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19 Mar 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- U.S. rice, cranberries, sweet corn, orange juice, kidney beans, peanut butter, tobacco and whiskey are among the agricultural products listed by the European Union to face retaliatory tariffs in Europe due to the Trump administration's push for tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. The European C...
19 Mar 2018
By Lance WoodburyDTN Farm Business Adviser When family business members talk about management succession, the discussion often focuses on the handoff of tasks and responsibilities, and decisions from one generation to the next, as well as the capabilities and readiness of a younger generation to assume a leadership position. But, when it comes to a...
16 Mar 2018
By Bryce AndersonDTN Senior Ag Meteorologist OMAHA (DTN) -- Farmers in the Midwest could be in for a slow start to the row-crop planting season, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 2018 spring forecast suggests. The agency's Climate Prediction Center (CPC) is calling for spring temperatures to run at or below normal over muc...
16 Mar 2018
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- After five years in sorghum fields, the sugarcane aphid is firmly established as a permanent pest of this crop. Fortunately, Southern entomologists have spent nearly that long hunting down sorghum hybrids that show varying levels of resistance to the pest. A fairly comprehensive and upd...
15 Mar 2018
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst OMAHA (DTN) -- Truckers who haul agriculture products and livestock have been granted another three-month reprieve from a rule mandating the implementation of electronic logging devices. The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Tuesday announced "additional steps ...