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12 Nov 2023
OKLAHOMA CITY (DTN) -- When Kansas banker Leonard Wolfe took the stage at the Agricultural Bankers Conference this week to receive the group's highest award, he immediately dove into a passionate talk about a bill in Congress that would give community banks some tax-exempt status on the interest of certain farm and home loans. The bill, Access to ...
10 Nov 2023
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- A farmer in Nebraska is appealing the millions of dollars in restitution he faces after being sentenced last month to three years in prison and ordered to pay $5.1 million. A federal judge sentenced George Liakos, 64, of Gering, Nebraska, -- near the western edge of the state -- in late October after he pleaded guilty to one...
10 Nov 2023
Editor's Note: This story was originally published on Thursday, Nov. 9, with the wrong information. It was updated the morning of Friday, Nov. 10, with the correct information. ** The USDA World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimate (WASDE) for November featured higher-than-expected yield and production changes for corn and soybeans, sending thos...
9 Nov 2023
The USDA World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimate (WASDE) for November featured few major surprises. However, the lower-than-expected ending stocks, along with the lower yield and production, sent the oversold soy market sharply higher. Corn and wheat were mostly neutral to friendly but managed to rally in sympathy with soy. CORN Ahead of the ...
9 Nov 2023
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Bayer CEO Bill Anderson held nothing back during a quarterly earnings call Wednesday: A complete company restructuring is on the way. "It goes without saying that despite some of the great things you've heard about, we're not happy with this year's performance," Anderson said during the presentation. "Nearly 50 billion euros ...