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18 Jul 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor ST. LOUIS, Mo. (DTN) -- After a day of talk about soil health -- the science, metrics, economics, policy and possible markets -- an Alabama commodity farmer got to share some thoughts that reflect the business challenge for the average grain, oilseed or fiber producer. V. Larkin Martin has served on boards of m...
17 Jul 2017
OMAHA (DTN) -- Corn, soybean and wheat inspections maintained a bullish pace again in this week's export inspections report, according to DTN Analyst Todd Hultman. Corn weekly export inspections were 43.7 million bushels (1,109,638 metric tons) for the week ending Thursday, July 13. This is below 52.3 mb for the same week a year ago. Inspections fo...
17 Jul 2017
By Lance WoodburyDTN Farm Business Adviser I'm often asked if there are predictors of family business success. In other words, if a family performs certain actions, is it likely to keep the farm or ranch intact for future generations? To that end, many of these columns have focused on certain perspectives of legacy, various relationship-management ...
17 Jul 2017
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- You couldn't see them, but there may have been some unwelcome passengers in the bags of soybean seed you planted this spring. A recent study from Kansas State University found that soybean seed samples collected across Kansas contained fungi capable of producing soybean diseases, such a...
14 Jul 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor ST. LOUIS, Mo. (DTN) -- President Donald Trump late Thursday nominated Stephen Censky, chief executive officer of the American Soybean Association, to be deputy secretary of Agriculture. Censky has been CEO of the soybean association in St. Louis, Missouri, since 1996. Ag lobbyists and others had anticipated C...