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USDA Changing Insurance Rules

21 Jun 2016
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- USDA's Federal Crop Insurance Corp. is changing rules and definitions for replanting crops and counting double-crop acres starting in the 2017 crop year. The rule changes, meant to clarify crop-insurance policies for farmers and insurers, will be published Wednesday in the Federal Register. USDA...

Healing From Hail

21 Jun 2016
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- The most difficult task after hail damage isn't walking through damp fields, assessing shredded leaves or counting snapped plants. It's doing nothing about it. "One of the things people are tempted to do is spray fungicides after hail damage, but there's little evidence that it does much...

Chinese SOE Legal Immunity

21 Jun 2016
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Sen. Charles Grassley took to the Senate floor Tuesday to express concerns about Chinese state-owned enterprises trying to avoid American court systems through foreign sovereignty immunity. The Republican from Iowa, who is chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, raised the concerns as the fede...

Chinese SOE Legal Immunity

21 Jun 2016
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Sen. Charles Grassley took to the Senate floor Tuesday to express concerns about Chinese state-owned enterprises trying to avoid American court systems through foreign sovereignty immunity. The Republican from Iowa, who is chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, raised the concerns as the fede...

USDA Weekly Crop Progress

20 Jun 2016
By Cheri ZagurskiDTN Managing Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Soybeans reached nearly 100% planted and corn condition held steady during the week ended June 19, according to the USDA Crop Progress report released Monday. Soybeans are 96% planted nationwide, compared to 92% last week, 89% last year and a five-year average of 93%. Eighty-nine percent of the cr...
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