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27 Apr 2017
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter WASHINGTON (DTN) -- If for some reason a new farm bill isn't completed in 2017, leaders of the House and Senate agriculture committees said on Tuesday they're hopeful they can at least help farm-bill programs for dairy and cotton through the current budget appropriations process. One thing is abundantly clear, the n...
26 Apr 2017
By Todd HultmanDTN Analyst Last week was mostly bearish for grain prices, but I hope you caught DTN's article by Staff Reporter Todd Neeley, "Biodiesel Probe Moves" (http://tinyurl.com/…). In it, Neeley explained how the U.S. Commerce Department is looking into allegations that Argentina and Indonesia were dumping subsidized biodiesel in the U.S. t...
26 Apr 2017
By Richard OswaldDTN Special Correspondent LANGDON, Mo. (DTN) -- Last week was a quiet week -- if you don't count the sound of rain on the roof -- DTN View From the Cab farmer Zack Rendel of Miami, Oklahoma, told DTN late Sunday evening. "Last Saturday night we got an inch of rain. Monday we just worked on combines. Now they're ready for wheat and...
26 Apr 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- The White House is using Sonny Perdue's swearing in on Tuesday as agriculture secretary as a backdrop to help show President Donald Trump is focused on the interests of farmers and agriculture. To mark Perdue's confirmation vote and first official day on the job, the president will sign an executi...
25 Apr 2017
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter WASHINGTON (DTN) -- The rain didn't deter the thousands of protesters who streamed into the nation's capital on Saturday, April 22, to join the March for Science. They wrapped their signs in plastic, donned ponchos and marched on as the clouds alternated between drizzle and downpour. Among the many attendees we...