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15 Apr 2016
By Marcia Zarley TaylorDTN Executive Editor HADDONFIELD, N.J. (DTN) -- The American Bankers Association is again taking off the gloves in its longstanding battle to curb Farm Credit System lending. In recent months, ABA leaders have stepped up radio and media interviews; they scored a rare House Agriculture Committee hearing that publicly flogged t...
14 Apr 2016
By Todd Neeley DTN Staff Reporter and By Cheryl Anderson DTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The tumultuous trade relationship between the United States and China, when it comes to distillers dried grains with solubles, continues to play out like an intriguing love story. There is a spark, yet China has not been ready to fully commit. The trade battl...
13 Apr 2016
By Pamela SmithCrops Technology Editor DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- The Chinese government wants a chicken in every pot. Multinational seed and chemical companies would like nothing more than to supply the ingredients needed to grow the crops to feed the flock to satisfy that hunger. The "Big Six" -- BASF, Bayer CropScience, Dow AgroSciences, DuPont Pion...
13 Apr 2016
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- In asking an Iowa judge to issue a legal ruling in a controversial water quality case before it ever goes to trial, attorneys for 10 Iowa drainage districts used Des Moines Water Works General Manager Bill Stowe's own words against him, according to court documents. Stowe spearheaded a first-of-its-ki...
13 Apr 2016
By Alastair StewartDTN South America Correspondent SAO PAULO, Brazil (DTN) -- Grain farmers have been one of the few groups able to take advantage of the upside of the political and economic crisis that has engulfed Brazil over the last 18 months. That upside has been the devaluation of the Brazilian real, which has preserved local margins at a tim...