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4 Nov 2016
By Lance WoodburyDTN Farm Business Adviser Perhaps the most difficult aspect of transitioning from one generation to the next in a family enterprise is the senior members' process of letting go of control over business decisions. After all, how does one simply stop using the experience gleaned from 30 or 40 seasons of farming and ranching? And why ...
3 Nov 2016
By Daniel DavidsonDTN Contributing Agronomist There's a whole lot of green along the I-70 corridor and points south this fall and, by the way, that's not winter wheat or intentionally seeded cover crops emerging. Volunteer corn and soybeans shows us just how much seed gets dropped each year. How much are we actually losing? Two seeds per square fo...
3 Nov 2016
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Cattle producers and their various member groups are pressing for changes to the cattle trade and futures markets to help cope with what they see as unprecedented market volatility. Groups are passing resolutions encouraging members to hold more cash sales while others are planning meetings to pr...
3 Nov 2016
By Darin NewsomDTN Senior Analyst Most of you are reading this USDA report preview on Tuesday, Nov. 8, also known as Election Day here in the U.S. The results of today could override anything USDA releases Wednesday, particularly if the doomsday scenario many have talked about comes to pass. Or, markets could go on as usual, viewing the election a...
2 Nov 2016
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Moody's Investors Service says Bayer AG's takeover of Monsanto "makes strategic sense," but will put some leverage pressure on Bayer in the short term and could affect Bayer's reputation because of Monsanto's battles in Europe over biotechnology. Moody's issued a report this week analyzing the Ba...