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Underground Movement - 5

2 Mar 2017
By Tom DodgeProgressive Farmer Contributing Editor Leave it to farmers to find solutions to new problems. Take seeding cover crops into standing corn. Broadcast -- either by aircraft or from the ground -- is one solution. But what if you want to put seed in the ground rather than on the ground? For some, that might mean buying an existing seeder. ...

Trump Dials Back WOTUS

1 Mar 2017
By Chris Clayton DTN Ag Policy Editor and Todd Neeley DTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- With much expected delight from the farm community, President Donald Trump followed through on a campaign promise Tuesday by signing an executive order requiring the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to begin withdrawing the controversial Obama-era Clean Wate...

Trump Offers Lofty Themes

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...

Underground Movement - 4

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...

Underground Movement - 2

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...
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