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7 Dec 2017
By Victoria G. MyersProgressive Farmer Senior Editor BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (DTN) -- The region generating the most concern when it comes to declining land values continues to be the Corn Belt. According to the latest USDA land values report, five Corn Belt states (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri and Ohio) collectively reported a small per-acre declin...
6 Dec 2017
By Dan MillerProgressive Farmer Senior Editor CHICAGO (DTN) -- DTN/The Progressive Farmer added five new honorees to its America's Best Young Farmers and Ranchers program. The class of 2018 was introduced Tuesday during a DTN/The Progressive Farmer Ag Summit award ceremony. Now entering its ninth year, the program recognizes young farmers and ranc...
6 Dec 2017
By Todd HultmanDTN Analyst For anyone familiar with DTN's daily Closing Grain Comments, you know that I have repeatedly described the bearishness of the fundamental outlook for wheat prices for several months. USDA's estimate of 935 million bushels of U.S. ending wheat stocks and a record-high estimate of 9.83 billion bushels (267.5 million metric ...
6 Dec 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor CHICAGO (DTN) -- The United States is in the middle of now 104 months of economic recovery, much longer than the average length of 60 months. And without an obvious shock to the system, the U.S. economy could remain in growth mode for the next couple of years. Nariman Behravesh, chief economist for IHS Markit, ...
5 Dec 2017
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- A new USDA report shows larger farms with higher household incomes have increasingly seen more in federal commodity payments as farms in the United States have consolidated. Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, told agriculture journalists on Tuesday he plans to use the next farm bill to push for changes to...