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29 Dec 2016
By DTN/Progressive Farmer Staff OMAHA (DTN) -- Land values, passing the farm to the next generation, biotechnology and agribusiness mergers are just a few of the major concerns on farmers' minds in 2016. DTN/The Progressive Farmer polled 1,647 rural residents in the third "The Pulse of Rural America" presidential-year survey featured in the Novemb...
29 Dec 2016
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Each year, DTN publishes our choices for the top 10 ag news stories of the year. Today we continue our rundown with No. 3 focusing on China and its growing role in agribusiness globally, as well as complaints about its trade practices harming U.S. exports. ** When everyone was looking at other see...
29 Dec 2016
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Each year, DTN publishes our choices for the top 10 ag news stories of the year. Today we continue our rundown with No. 2 on how rural counties in key battleground states put Donald Trump over the top to win the presidential election. His win immediately set high expectations for Trump in rural Am...
28 Dec 2016
By John HarringtonDTN Livestock Analyst HASTINGS, Neb. (DTN) -- Each year, DTN publishes our choices for the top 10 ag news stories of the year. Today we continue our rundown with No. 5, the roller coaster market ride of the U.S. cattle market. Increasing lack of cattle trade transparency and wild predictions of beef demand continued to throw catt...
28 Dec 2016
By Pam SmithDTN Progressive Farmer Crops Technology Editor DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) Each year, DTN publishes our choices for the top 10 ag news stories of the year. Today we continue our rundown with No. 7 how dicamba herbicide captured headlines throughout the 2016 season as acres of crops tolerant to the herbicide were planted without a registered di...