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17 Dec 2015
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Farm groups in various ways on Wednesday declared the combination of the tax bill and spending bill as a mixed bag for agriculture. The House voted 318-109 early Thursday afternoon to advance the tax bill, called the Protecting Americans From Tax Hikes Act of 2015. The final House vote on the omni...
17 Dec 2015
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter COLUMBIA, Mo. (DTN) -- Missouri cropland was hemorrhaging nearly 7 tons of soil per acre each year when Bill Wiebold began his long-term tillage and crop rotation study in 1992. More than two decades later, the state's erosion rates have ebbed, and Wiebold's studies have validated the no-till and rotation pract...
17 Dec 2015
By Katie MicikDTN Markets Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Private analytical firm Informa forecasts 2015's corn crop will be slightly larger and the soybean crop slightly smaller than USDA forecast in November. It also updated its 2016 acreage forecasts. Informa forecasts U.S. corn production in 2015 to total 13.725 billion bushels, up 72 million bushels fr...
16 Dec 2015
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ST. LOUIS (DTN) -- December in Iowa isn't usually known for its flood warnings. But with almost every river in the state swelling to near-record levels for this time of year, farmers are getting an unusually timed lesson on the dangers of exposed soils, Iowa sources told DTN. The state had already seen more rai...
16 Dec 2015
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- A provision in the must-pass federal spending bill before Congress would remove marketing-loan gains from farm-program payment caps. Congress will vote in the next couple of days on a bill to fund the government through 2016 as well as another bill to provide businesses and families an array of t...