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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...
1 Dec 2015
By Daniel DavidsonDTN Contributing Agronomist Increasing yields without incurring additional costs is what it's about in this economic climate. Planting corn earlier guarantees the best yield potential. However, environmental factors and management also enter the picture, but these also tend to take a bigger toll the later you plant. Generally, I t...
30 Nov 2015
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The much-anticipated, three-year Renewable Fuel Standard volumes released Monday came in below overall volumes set in the 2007 law but higher than EPA proposed back in April, and include corn-based ethanol volumes below the statutory cap of 15 billion gallons. The EPA announced a three-year program th...