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4 Feb 2016
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Corn farmers looking to curb their losses this year should scrutinize two sizeable inputs: seeds and fertility. Together, those two inputs cost Indiana farmers nearly as much as land does, according to numbers from Purdue's Center for Commercial Agriculture. Farmers may mistake them fo...
3 Feb 2016
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- As sequestration has pressed USDA to make budget cuts in recent years, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack told reporters Wednesday he hopes Congress will support the president's budget proposal, which will include a doubling of federal dollars spent on agriculture research and development. President Barack Ob...
3 Feb 2016
By Pamela SmithDTN Progressive Farmer Crops Technology Editor DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- After months of speculation, Syngenta announced Wednesday that its board will recommend shareholders accept a $43 billion cash offer from China National Chemical Corp., also known as ChemChina. However, the deal must still undergo scrutiny of shareholders and regul...
3 Feb 2016
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said early Wednesday that USDA lawyers have determined the department does not have the authority to declare cottonseed an oilseed, as the cotton industry has asked. The declaration would make cottonseed eligible for farm subsidies, but after a speec...
2 Feb 2016
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst Maybe it's time to rename the Mississippi River "The Barge Graveyard" as another barge sank on Jan. 26. The river was closed at Mile 120 near Destrehan, Louisiana, to Mile 134 near Reserve, Louisiana. According to reports, two tugs collided and caused a tank barge to capsize as the strong current from high wat...