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1 Mar 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor SAN ANTONIO, Texas (DTN) -- President Donald Trump did not talk about farmers or rural America directly in his first State of the Union speech, but his themes regarding infrastructure, taxes, immigration and trade all will resonate in varying ways with farmers. The president's speech to the country Tuesday nigh...
1 Mar 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor "Cover crops are your first step to freedom!" Ray Archuleta makes this declaration all the time and believes it. A 33-year employee for USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Archuleta is one of the agency's leaders in emphasizing soil health. His message: Many modern farming practices are hurtin...
28 Feb 2017
By Chris Clayton DTN Ag Policy Editor and Jim Patrico Progressive Farmer Senior Editor Wally Tyner, a professor in Purdue's Department of Agricultural Economics, said he has his work cut out for him exploring the economics of cover crops. There are so many variables and so little history. The study is a collaborative effort with the Farm Foundatio...
28 Feb 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor ARLINGTON, Va. (DTN) -- Tim Burrack kept moving from session to session at the USDA Outlook Forum looking for some light at the end of the tunnel for commodity farmers. Whether it was income forecasts or the growing production strength in South America, Burrack eventually had to speak up and question the outlo...
28 Feb 2017
By Chris Clayton DTN Ag Policy Editor and Jim Patrico Progressive Farmer Senior Editor It's not hard to find a soil-health or cover-crop field day. Someone usually has a spade showing off earthworms and their tunnel work. There's generally a 6-foot-deep pit to look at the root systems, filtration and soil compaction. What's missing, though, is data...