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12 Jan 2017
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst OMAHA (DTN) -- In a further escalation of battles between the U.S. and China over trade, China's Ministry of Commerce on Tuesday increased some significant anti-dumping duties and tariffs on distillers dried grains from the U.S. China duties and tariffs -- which have already had a significant impact on expor...
12 Jan 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor WASHINGTON (DTN) -- The U.S. dairy industry is telling President-elect Donald Trump that Canada's dairy policies are protectionist and meant mainly to block imports from the U.S. Further, Canada's policies are a direct violation of the country's commitments under the North American Free Trade Agreement, dairy o...
11 Jan 2017
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent PHOENIX (DTN) -- Delegates to the American Farm Bureau Federation's annual convention here Tuesday voted to maintain the group's commitment to compliance with government conservation standards as a requirement for crop insurance subsidies and to keep the nutrition title that authorizes the food stamp pro...
11 Jan 2017
By Darin NewsomDTN Senior Analyst Tomorrow, Thursday, Jan. 12, the jolly old elf known as USDA will leave a plethora of presents for world agriculture in the form of annual reports. Fundamental analysts, like kids on that other Christmas Eve, will get no sleep tonight as they anticipate the goodies they'll get to play with for a whole month. Grai...
11 Jan 2017
By John HarringtonDTN Livestock Analyst Many Januarys ago, while I was still struggling with the illusion that a rising tide would lift all cattle boats, an old-timer tried to set me straight about the chronically uneven distribution of revenue within the beef industry. "Son," he painfully wheezed through multiple layers of market scar tissue, "don...