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16 Aug 2016
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Sen. Charles Grassley told agriculture reporters Tuesday he wants to be sure two separate federal agencies are working together to monitor what the major mergers and acquisitions in the seed and chemical industries will mean to U.S. farmers at a time when the farm economy is on the ropes. Grassley, ...
16 Aug 2016
By Todd HultmanDTN Analyst In my July 26 and Aug. 9 columns, I showed how variations of Richard Donchian's four-week trading rule produced profitable hypothetical trading results for corn and soybeans since 1995. As good as the results looked, I also tried to emphasize that following a simple system like this is not necessarily easy and is not for ...
16 Aug 2016
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Reports of pyrethroid failures against soybean aphids in Minnesota are surfacing once again. Last year, entomologists there confirmed a number of pyrethroid-resistant populations, not a surprising development given the pest's creepy cloning abilities. Aphids can duplicate themselves man...
15 Aug 2016
By Mary KennedyDTN Analyst Agriculture product shipping groups are urging the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and Pacific Maritime Association to begin contract negotiations to avoid another labor dispute like the one in late 2014 and early 2015 that disrupted operations at West Coast ports. That dispute affected the container industry...
15 Aug 2016
By Marcia Zarley TaylorDTN Executive Editor HADDONFIELD, N.J. (DTN) -- A year ago, university economists warned that typical Illinois corn farmers would need to shave $100 an acre off average cash rent and production costs if they hoped to break even in 2016. Renters hesitated, landlords balked, most input suppliers held firm. Big savings didn't h...