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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...
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...
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...
20 Jun 2016
By Richard SmithDTN Tokyo Correspondent TOKYO (DTN) -- Vietnam's imports of distillers' grains (DDG) for feed, almost exclusively from the U.S., have soared as Vietnamese pork producers attempt to build herds to keep up with increased China demand for the meat. USDA Foreign Agricultural Service's Global Agricultural Trade System statistics provided...
20 Jun 2016
By Cheryl AndersonDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- When it comes to harvesting alfalfa, growers want to make sure they get every pound possible from their fields. Minimizing field traffic and getting hay off the ground as soon as possible are an alfalfa grower's best bets to ensure good yields in the next cutting. Driving over fields too long afte...