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2 Dec 2015
By John HarringtonDTN Livestock Analyst With recreational drones flying off the shelves, letters to Santa need to be mailed pronto. If estimates of nearly a million requests this season for the cool tech toy turn out to be accurate, the old boy stands to lose his Christmas cheer PDQ. Personally, I "overnighted" my entire list to the North Pole sev...
2 Dec 2015
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Members of the House Agriculture Committee declared themselves as friends of the Farm Credit System at a hearing on Wednesday, but told regulators in the Farm Credit Administration that friends shouldn't let friends drift outside their mission and purpose. The House Agriculture Committee held a he...
2 Dec 2015
By Jim PatricoProgressive Farmer Senior Editor A few years ago, about 80% of the John Deere combines with "Olsen Custom Farms" stenciled on the side arrived at the Minnesota farm with purchase agreements. Now, half of the new machines come with lease agreements. That change is a sign of the times. As weak commodity prices eat into farms' cash-flow,...
1 Dec 2015
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Congress appears to have agreement on a five-year highway bill, but the people dancing the most over a bill to lay asphalt may be the crop insurance industry. The conference report for the highway bill includes a provision that eliminates the $300-million-a-year cut in crop insurance that was par...
1 Dec 2015
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Biodiesel industry officials hope the final Renewable Fuel Standard volumes announced Monday are the beginning of a new federal-policy era for the industry. Officials with the National Biodiesel Board said during a news conference Tuesday the final RFS is one step in the right direction toward providi...