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13 Oct 2016
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- The WikiLeaks release of John Podesta's emails opens up details on how Hillary Clinton's campaign has been pushed on an array of political issues, including legislation on labeling GMO crops. Podesta is chairman of Clinton's presidential campaign. WikiLeaks has been releasing thousands of emails t...
13 Oct 2016
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices continued to move lower during the first week of October 2016, continuing the recent trend, according to retailers surveyed by DTN. All eight of the major fertilizers are lower compared to last month with only two fertilizers down a substantial amount. Leading the way lower fo...
13 Oct 2016
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor MANHATTAN, Kan. (DTN) -- Farmers in the Plains are harvesting a corn crop that is paying roughly the same cash price as the winter wheat crop they are planting. Neither crop is expected to generate profitability, but wheat production is busting records and sharply taxing Wheat Belt growers' financial reserves....
12 Oct 2016
By Elaine KubDTN Contributing Analyst Spill your guts. Admit it -- you secretly like looking at corn piles better than bins. Just the way they look, bright yellow and shining in the sun, instead of hidden away and anonymous behind a curved steel shield. Well, you're not alone. The entire industry has learned to love piling grain out under the unl...
12 Oct 2016
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Two North Dakota farm groups now stand on opposite sides of a lawsuit challenging the state's corporate farming law. The North Dakota Farmers Union filed a motion Wednesday to intervene in a North Dakota Farm Bureau lawsuit that seeks to end the law. Voters rejected a proposal in the June primary elec...