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4 Oct 2016
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- In 2014 the bio-based products industry contributed $393 billion and 4.2 million jobs to the U.S. economy, according to a report released by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack in a speech at the National Press Club on Monday. The report also indicates the sector grew from 2013 to 2014...
4 Oct 2016
By Todd HultmanDTN Analyst Let me admit up front that I am a fan of the late Peter Drucker. Not that I knew him personally or even appreciated his work when it was assigned reading in college. But as I came to find out later, he had a keen eye for understanding how business worked in the real world and left behind a valuable legacy of advice for h...
4 Oct 2016
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- An Omaha-based ethanol and processing company is getting into the vinegar industry. Green Plains Inc. announced Monday it has acquired California-based Fleischmann's Vinegar Co. for $250 million. Fleischmann's is considered the world's largest manufacturer and marketer of food-grade industrial v...
3 Oct 2016
|By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst Heavy rains that fell in southern Minnesota, southern Wisconsin and northern Iowa the third week of September flooded fields and roads and delayed harvest progress for many farmers. While the weather has turned drier in those areas since then, some farmers face a difficult decision following the flooding: Wh...
3 Oct 2016
By Alan BruglerDTN Contributing Analyst The USDA Grain Stocks report Friday showed Sept. 1 corn stocks of 1.738 billion bushels. That was less than 7 million bushels larger than the Sept. 30 report in 2015. The good news is that stocks didn't get much larger -- but they also failed to shrink. As a reminder, they were only 1.236 bb in 2014 and 821 m...