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13 Jan 2016
By Alan BruglerDTN Contributing Analyst USDA's Grain Stocks report is arguably the most significant of the four grain reports released in January, because any production and yield changes for last fall are already included in it, as well as any changes that need to be made to feed and residual use. The World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimate...
13 Jan 2016
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor ORLANDO, Fla. (DTN) -- With all of the issues facing American agriculture, the new president of the American Farm Bureau Federation said Tuesday that immigration reform would be the first issue he would choose to testify on before Congress if he were given the option. Farm Bureau delegates voted Tuesday for Duv...
13 Jan 2016
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Congressional approval of the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement likely would set off a subsequent round of negotiations as other nations already have shown interest in participating, the United States' chief agriculture trade negotiator told an audience at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln ...
13 Jan 2016
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Average retail fertilizer prices kicked off the new year moving in the same direction they were headed at the end of last year: down. For a second week in a row, fertilizer prices were lower the first week of January 2016, with some prices down significantly, according to fertilizer retailers surveyed...
12 Jan 2016
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor ORLANDO, Fla. (DTN) -- Delegates at the American Farm Bureau Federation's annual convention added language to the group's official policy book supporting efforts to designate cottonseed as an oilseed, which would make it eligible for farm safety-net programs. Farm Bureau's 353-member voting farmer delegation is...