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7 Jan 2021
In this Equipment Roundup, DTN/Progressive Farmer interviews Kioti Tractor staff about the company's banner year in 2020 and outlook, looks at AGCO adding the MT800 Series tracked tractor to its Challenger lineup, and reports John Deere entering a distribution agreement with Smart Guided System. ** Kioti Tractor had a banner year in 2020, despite d...
7 Jan 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- The future remains in flux for the Trump administration's Navigable Waters Protection Rule (NWPR), as court cases continue to play out and the potential for yet again more changes to the Clean Water Act remains in play for the next administration. Legal battles continue in several courts, where states and environmental groups have ch...
7 Jan 2021
The onset of the new year has been struck with some unfriendly challenges that cattlemen were hoping to be rid of by the end of 2020. However, lo and behold, the cattle business hasn't gotten any easier to see through. In all actuality, seeing through the fire and the smoke that encompass the reality of the cattle market never does get any easier. ...
6 Jan 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- Cow-calf producers need to fully examine how much they can afford to pay for replacement heifers. The heifer's value is based on her ability to stay in the herd and the producer's ability to manage that productivity and control costs. These were some observations from a recent University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) Extension BeefWatch ...
6 Jan 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- Crop and forage farmers in areas hit by natural disasters that suffered verifiable quality losses in the 2018 or 2019 crop years can apply for a new USDA ad-hoc program -- the Quality Loss Adjustment Program -- that will start enrollment Wednesday. USDA also is working on how aid payments derived from the $13 billion provided in the ...