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29 Oct 2015
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack declined Thursday to say that the Obama administration will totally back efforts in Congress to avoid any cuts to crop insurance. On a call to reporters on another issue, Vilsack told DTN, "As far as the budget is concerned, we will obviously continue...
29 Oct 2015
By Elizabeth WilliamsDTN Special Correspondent KANSAS CITY (DTN) -- High yields across the upper Midwest in 2015 may have saved many producers from falling below breakeven -- especially if they sold on price rallies. However, the doom and gloom predicted for high-cost corn and soybean farmers is likely just postponed one year, speakers at the Ameri...
29 Oct 2015
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Sustainability was highlighted in many forms Monday as the Obama administration recognized Champions of Change in agriculture. Monday's honorees at the White House event reflected a diverse mix of farmers from across the country ranging from ranchers and major commodity producers to a two-a...
28 Oct 2015
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Plans to cut $3 billion out of the federal crop insurance program in the next eight years were reversed after members of the House Agriculture Committee announced Wednesday an agreement had been reached to leave the program alone as part of a two-year budget deal. The change of direction came followin...
28 Oct 2015
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor WASHINGTON (DTN) -- A USDA scientist has filed a federal whistleblower complaint against the department, claiming he has been harassed by supervisors over his work on neonicotinoid insecticides and their impact on pollinators such as monarch butterflies. Jonathan Lundgren is an entomologist at USDA's Agricultura...