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5 Dec 2016
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Tom Vilsack keeps a set of index cards with him that detail changes made to the U.S. Department of Agriculture under the Obama administration. "These cards represent, I think, significant progress that has been made in every single mission area, and some that didn't exist before we got here...
5 Dec 2016
By Danny KlinefelterDTN Farm Business Adviser Uncle Sam isn't much different than any other borrower overloaded with debt and limited income for repayment. Constructive debt can be taken on that matches the repayment requirements to the income and cash generation timing of the entity (business or government). However, taking on additional debt to ...
5 Dec 2016
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (DTN) -- It is a bit of a mixed bag for the phosphorus fertilizer outlook. The market will remain under pressure through 2017 with plenty of supply and some new capacity coming online, but lower raw material prices have brought down production costs for producers significantly. While prices slip...
2 Dec 2016
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (DTN) -- New North American nitrogen production is beginning to hit the world market in 2016 during a time of oversupply, and it could take the global market a few years to balance out this new production. New capacity, lower energy prices and currency devaluations have all combined to put signi...
1 Dec 2016
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (DTN) -- Randy Veach, president of the Arkansas Farm Bureau, is counting on President-elect Donald Trump not following through on a vow to drop out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Arkansas voters picked Trump by a 26.9% margin, one of the widest in the country. Farmers and rural residents cam...