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27 Jun 2017
By Mary KennedyDTN Basis Analyst Last week, the National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) and others responded to the Surface Transportation Board's request for comments on improving procedures, saying that the nature of the SAC standard the board uses is the single greatest source of delay in processing SAC cases. It's been over two years since t...
26 Jun 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Farmers aren't certain if they would fare better under the health care bill in the U.S. Senate, but they are looking for relief from a steady rise in premiums and wider spread of deductibles they've seen over the past several years. Matt Stalzer, who farms corn and soybeans with his family near ...
26 Jun 2017
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- The winter wheat harvest will be a lot shorter than usual this year for Kent Eddy. The western Kansas farmer estimates he will only harvest 60% of his wheat crop where he farms near the town of Syracuse. The culprit? Wheat streak mosaic virus (WSMV), which spread across the western thi...
26 Jun 2017
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- A Kansas jury has awarded farmers $217.7 million in compensatory damages in the first of several class-action lawsuits filed against Syngenta over the shipment of Viptera corn to China. The jury in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas in Kansas City took less than a day to render a ver...
23 Jun 2017
By Pam SmithDTN Progressive Farmer Crops Technology Editor DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- Dicamba herbicide could have its own mini-series in the state of Arkansas. The question of whether to ban in-crop use of dicamba for the remainder of the growing season will be back on the table in the state on June 23 because of a voting discrepancy. Tuesday, June 2...