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4 Nov 2016
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Despite all the anti-trade campaign rhetoric, the Obama administration is continuing its uphill push to get the Trans-Pacific Partnership through Congress in the lame-duck session. On a call Thursday afternoon, the White House Council on Economic Advisors issued a brief on the risks to industrie...
4 Nov 2016
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- You're not the only one relieved to see those empty crop fields. Winter annual weed species are stretching out their roots and enjoying the newfound space of your harvested acres. Fall herbicide applications will be more important than ever this year, after resistant weeds made serious h...
4 Nov 2016
By Lance WoodburyDTN Farm Business Adviser Perhaps the most difficult aspect of transitioning from one generation to the next in a family enterprise is the senior members' process of letting go of control over business decisions. After all, how does one simply stop using the experience gleaned from 30 or 40 seasons of farming and ranching? And why ...
3 Nov 2016
By Daniel DavidsonDTN Contributing Agronomist There's a whole lot of green along the I-70 corridor and points south this fall and, by the way, that's not winter wheat or intentionally seeded cover crops emerging. Volunteer corn and soybeans shows us just how much seed gets dropped each year. How much are we actually losing? Two seeds per square fo...
3 Nov 2016
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Cattle producers and their various member groups are pressing for changes to the cattle trade and futures markets to help cope with what they see as unprecedented market volatility. Groups are passing resolutions encouraging members to hold more cash sales while others are planning meetings to pr...