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6 Mar 2017
By Mary KennedyDTN Basis Analyst USDA is estimating an increase in soybean acres this spring because the economics of doing so makes sense. But there are many who don't think that acres will increase by as much as the most recent predictions. I have talked to farmers around the Midwest about what their intentions are, and also to local elevators ab...
6 Mar 2017
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- There continues to be no executive order pending on possible changes to the Renewable Fuel Standard, White House spokesperson Kelly A. Love told DTN Thursday. In addition, it remains uncertain whether actual negotiations are taking place between biofuels interests, the White House and energy billionai...
3 Mar 2017
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- American sorghum varieties are surprisingly well equipped to take on the sugarcane aphid, according to a Kansas State researcher. "It's very unusual to have such a large number of commercially available sorghum lines expressing what are almost certainly completely different sources of ...
3 Mar 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor SAN ANTONIO, Texas (DTN) -- Talking to a production agriculture crowd visiting his home state, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Mike Conaway was right at home as he told thousands of farmers he was determined to get a farm bill passed for them on time. Conaway, a Republican whose district is about 300 miles...
3 Mar 2017
By Susan Winsor Progressive Farmer Contributing Editor Nick Vinje didn't grow up hearing, "This is how we've always done things." That left the self-described city kid more open to change. After 16 years of conventional farming, Vinje transitioned to no-till and cover crops in 2013 on most of his 1,700 acres in Gardner, North Dakota, to cut expens...