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19 Jul 2016
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Don Villwock, former president of the Indiana Farm Bureau, calls his state's governor and now vice presidential candidate Mike Pence "our dream candidate for agriculture." Villwock said in a phone interview Monday that he's been getting a lot of calls over the past few days from people asking abo...
18 Jul 2016
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor DES MOINES (DTN) -- Leaders and founders of the Governors' Biofuels Coalition see a push for higher fuel-economy standards as the next opportunity to spur more biofuels production around the country. The group met Saturday at the National Governors' Association annual meeting in Des Moines. The governors stres...
18 Jul 2016
By Cheryl AndersonDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The more you know about the nutrient content of your forages, the better you can meet the nutritional requirements of your animals. And the key to knowing the correct nutrient content of forages is using proper sampling methods, according to Dennis Holthaus, senior beef nutritionist for Hubbard F...
18 Jul 2016
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst As the winter wheat harvest moves north through South Dakota and into North Dakota and Montana, millers hope those states will harvest higher-protein wheat than what was harvested in Southern Plains states this year. U.S. Wheat Associates reported Friday that as of July 14, "The average protein of 11.2%, down...
15 Jul 2016
By Lori CullerDTN HR Columnist With the major shortage of drivers, you might be wondering how your farm could possibly find and compete for drivers. The American Trucker Association had predicted a shortage of 48,000 truckers by the end of 2015. It's been on the rise as the shortage just a few years ago was only 30,000 drivers. With average over-th...