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27 Oct 2015
By Marcia Zarley Taylor DTN Executive Editor and Elizabeth Williams DTN Special Correspondent KANSAS CITY (DTN) -- Agricultural bankers are bracing for a wave of farm losses this harvest, but thanks to surprisingly high corn and soybean yields, the washout could be far less than some had predicted only a few months ago. "Most bankers would describe...
27 Oct 2015
By Marcia Zarley Taylor DTN Executive Editor and Elizabeth Williams DTN Special Correspondent KANSAS CITY (DTN) -- Agricultural bankers are bracing for a wave of farm losses this harvest, but thanks to surprisingly high corn and soybean yields, the washout could be far less than some had predicted only a few months ago. "Most bankers would describe...
26 Oct 2015
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- For the third time this year, an agency of the World Health Organization has dealt a blow to agriculture, this time issuing a finding that processed meats such as hot dogs and bacon are "carcinogenic to humans" and that red meat is "probably carcinogenic" to humans. The International Agency for Resear...
26 Oct 2015
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- For the third time this year, an agency of the World Health Organization has dealt a blow to agriculture, this time issuing a finding that processed meats such as hot dogs and bacon are "carcinogenic to humans" and that red meat is "probably carcinogenic" to humans. The International Agency for Resear...
26 Oct 2015
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Farmers expecting USDA farm program payments for commodity crops should see that money show up in their bank accounts by the end of the week. USDA's Farm Service Agency offices will start sending out roughly $3.9 billion in Agricultural Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage checks Monday. "Payments wi...