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13 Oct 2015
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- In a potential win for grain exporting countries, a European Parliament committee voted to block a proposal that would have allowed each of the 28 EU countries to decide on their own whether to allow the import or use of biotech food or feed. Despite the aggressive challenges facing biotech crop ...
12 Oct 2015
By Des KellerProgressive Farmer Contributor Jim Sladek has to pause for a moment when asked if he would do anything different in the construction of the farm shop/farm office he's used for more than three years. Then, he shakes his head "no." "Quite a bit of thought went into the shop, and so far, we're happy with how it turned out," says Sladek, m...
12 Oct 2015
By Lance WoodburyDTN Farm Family Business Adviser Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing,Only a signal shown and a distant voice in the darkness;So on the ocean of life we pass and speak one another,Only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence. --"Tales of a Wayside Inn," Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Longfellow w...
12 Oct 2015
By Alan BruglerDTN Contributing Analyst USDA on Friday cut projected U.S. soy exports another 50 million bushels, to 1.675 billion bushels. With revisions to the old-crop balance sheet, USDA is now expecting U.S. shipments to be 163 million bushels below last year. Why do they think U.S. shipments will be that small, and what could change the forec...
9 Oct 2015
By Katie MicikDTN Markets Editor WASHINGTON (DTN) -- USDA lowered its forecasts for corn and soybean production to 13.56 billion bushels and 3.89 bb respectively. On corn, USDA estimated the national average yield at 168 bushels per acre, up 0.5 bpa from last month. Harvested acreage was trimmed by about 500,000 acres to 80.7 ma, toward the low en...