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28 Sep 2015
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Greg Page sees benefit in farmers and agribusinesses taking a practical, pragmatic approach to dealing with climate change. Executive chairman of the board for Cargill Inc., Page leads the outreach to production agriculture for the ad hoc group Risky Business. Since last year, the group has issue...
25 Sep 2015
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- John Moore's family is leaving their Manhattan, Illinois, farm -- not an easy decision for a farmstead that dates back to 1926. The farm economy is tough, but there's so much more behind the family putting their farm up for sale. The family's succession plan was wiped away on a cold December day last ...
25 Sep 2015
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- This bi-monthly column condenses the latest news in the field of crop technology, research and products. BATS PROTECT CORN A former graduate student at Southern Illinois University has found bats play a significant role in protecting corn by feasting on some its most troublesome insect pests. Josiah M...
25 Sep 2015
By Cheryl AndersonDTN Staff Reporter Dried distillers grains prices fell to their lowest point since December 2014 due to lackluster demand from both domestic and export markets. The DTN weekly DDG spot price average fell another $6 in the past two weeks, from $128 on Sept. 11 to $122 this week. This is the lowest point the average has reached in n...
24 Sep 2015
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- A bipartisan group of 42 senators wrote President Barack Obama on Thursday urging him to make biotechnology a priority when talking to Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is expected to arrive in Washington on Friday. The letter went out as cabinet-level officials and business organizations from bo...