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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...
27 Feb 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor ARLINGTON, Va. (DTN) -- Agriculture and rural America have "the greatest opportunity in the history of this country" to change policies for the benefit of American farmers, the president of the American Farm Bureau Federation told agricultural economists and policy wonks. Zippy Duvall, a Georgia farmer, spoke T...
27 Feb 2017
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday requiring federal agencies to establish task forces aimed at cutting federal regulations considered to be "costly" and "unnecessary," according to the president's order. This perhaps will open the door for the elimination of a number of enviro...
27 Feb 2017
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ARLINGTON, Va. (DTN) -- While it's true that the farm economy has historically cycled through ups and downs with some regularity, don't expect to ride the up cycle anytime soon. That was the message from Rajiv Singh, Rabobank's North American wholesale CEO. Based on the company's models, "Crop farming will not...