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17 Mar 2016
By Alastair StewartDTN South America Correspondent SAO PAULO, Brazil (DTN) -- The expansion of Brazilian soybean planted area will slow in 2016-17, with acreage rising just 1.5 million acres next season, forecasts Agroconsult, a local farm consultancy. Once again, limits in access to credit will limit planted area while the oilseed will cease to ex...
16 Mar 2016
By Chris Clayton DTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- The U.S. Senate couldn't come to terms on a bill closely tracked by agriculture that would block state biotech labeling laws by creating a voluntary federal program. The defeat of a bill watched closely by the agriculture and food industries leaves biotech labeling efforts in the hands of states ...
16 Mar 2016
By Bryce AndersonDTN Ag Meteorologist OMAHA (DTN) -- DTN's weather forecast the first week of March for the following seven-to-10-day period showed the potential for 10 inches of rain in Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi and eastern Texas. That forecast was verified, and then some, with maximum rainfall amounts in the Delta from March 9-11 totaling ...
16 Mar 2016
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- The Senate is expected to vote Wednesday on the labeling bill for genetically modified foods sponsored by Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kansas. The Roberts bill would ban state labels and establish a federal voluntary labeling program through websites, "smart l...
16 Mar 2016
By Elaine KubDTN Contributing Analyst "They're just going to nickel and dime us down until we can't make any money at all! It costs money to maintain my equipment, you know. Gotta maintain minimum quality standards. Customers think it's some kind of game. It's not a game; it's my livelihood." Does any of that sound familiar? No, it wasn't a farmer...