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26 Jan 2017
By John HarringtonDTN Livestock Analyst When President Donald Trump aggressively launched his first full week on the job by withdrawing the country from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a host of agricultural organizations -- most of who had explicitly or implicitly embraced the crusade to "Make America Great Again" -- almost fell over each ot...
25 Jan 2017
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices continue to be relatively stable the third week of January 2017, according to retailers tracked by DTN. But, as was the case last week, more fertilizers are now trending higher than lower. Six of the eight major fertilizers edged higher, although none moved by any considerable...
25 Jan 2017
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- With a freeze on federal regulations ordered by the Trump administration, agriculture, biofuels and other interest groups are trying to sort out what it all means. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is posting to the Federal Register this week a notification of the freeze and the pending regulat...
25 Jan 2017
By Marcia Zarley TaylorDTN Executive Editor SAG HARBOR, N.Y. (DTN) -- During year-end meetings with farm clients, Minneapolis-based consultant Rod Mauszycki, heard farmers pose a question the veteran tax adviser had never heard before, "What's the penalty for not carrying health insurance next year?" "Many farm families are getting charged $20,000,...
24 Jan 2017
By Becky MillsProgressive Farmer Contributing Editor If you want to make Steve Foglesong's blood pressure spike, just mention bovine respiratory disease. The unpredictability of BRD, not to mention the cost, can be hard to tolerate for the rancher and feeder. "Once in awhile, even with my own cattle, when we've done everything right, and we're sur...