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31 Aug 2016
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor BOONE, Iowa (DTN) -- Stewardship is playing a big role this year at the Farm Progress Show in Iowa as commodity groups and state officials championed conservation practices that translate into water-quality benefits. As the show opened Tuesday, Iowa Agriculture Secretary Bill Northey and members of the Iowa Agr...
31 Aug 2016
By Elaine KubDTN Contributing Analyst Patterns don't usually get a chance to exist in modern commodity markets. If we could really predict that prices would rise after each time they tested their 20-day moving average (or pick any other arbitrary line), then all the clever computers that are reading and testing and learning the markets' behavior e...
30 Aug 2016
By Marcia Zarley TaylorDTN Executive Editor NASHVILLE (DTN) -- American agriculture lost a generation of young farmers during the 1980s credit crisis. Farm lenders are reaching out to today's beginners with education and special loan terms in an attempt to make sure history doesn't repeat. Louisville-based Farm Credit Mid-America now coaches more ...
30 Aug 2016
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Concerns over the role neonicotinoids may play in pollinator health issues have prompted the governor of Minnesota and the state's Department of Agriculture (MDA) to propose sweeping restrictions to neonicotinoid use that are unprecedented for U.S. growers. Neonicotinoids are a class of ...
29 Aug 2016
By Victoria G. MyersProgressive Farmer Senior Editor By the time this year's fall-born calves are being weaned, the cattle industry will be looking at prices 5% to 15% lower than they are today -- think somewhere between $100 per cwt to $120 per cwt for 500-pound feeders. It's the continuation of a downward trend not nearly as remarkable as the 40...