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9 Aug 2017
By Todd HultmanDTN Analyst So far in 2017, this year's corn crop has been assessed by USDA's weekly ratings of crop conditions, and while they give us a rough idea of how crops are doing around the country, they will never be mistaken for accurate yield data. The perennial game of guessing yields takes its next step Thursday when USDA releases i...
8 Aug 2017
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- House Agriculture Committee Chairman Michael Conaway, R-Texas, who has said he wants to finish the next farm in 2017, said Saturday that he now hopes to have the bill on the House floor in the last quarter of 2017 or the first quarter of 2018. Conaway made the statement at the beginn...
8 Aug 2017
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue on Monday said that, in light of an effort to rewrite the waters of the United States rule, he's hopeful the federal government can hold off on a lawsuit against a California wheat farmer who faces $2.8 million in fines for alleged Clean Water Act violations....
8 Aug 2017
By Mary KennedyDTN Basis Analyst Of the nation's seven largest freight railroads, Union Pacific was ranked highest by ag shippers for its performance for 2016 while Canadian Pacific was ranked lowest in the Soy Transportation Coalition's Annual Railroad Report Card released on Aug. 3, 2017. The survey, which covered the performance of seven of the ...
7 Aug 2017
By Dan MillerProgressive Farmer Senior Editor At some risk of overgeneralizing, agriculture is as it has long been -- crops, livestock and poultry. The average age of a principal American farmer continues to rise and is now pushing 60 years, continuing a 30-year trend, according to the 2012 Census of Agriculture. A principal operator is the primar...