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3 Mar 2020
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor SAVANNAH, Georgia (DTN) -- Delegates at the National Farmers Union annual meeting voted overwhelmingly Monday for Rob Larew to take over as the organization's new president. Larew was elected to a two-year term replacing Roger Johnson who officially retired as NFU president at the annual meeting after leading th...
3 Mar 2020
By Todd HultmanDTN Lead Analyst It seems longer, but coronavirus has been mentioned as a market factor for ag prices for over a month now. Back on Jan. 21, DTN's closing market comments talked about the concern of 318 confirmed cases of this infectious and deadly disease in China, just as millions were ready to travel across the country to celebrat...
28 Feb 2020
By Katie DehlingerDTN Farm Business Editor SAN ANTONIO (DTN) -- There was an important two-letter word in President Donald Trump's tweet last week suggesting there could be a third round of trade assistance payments. "It said 'if,'" Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue told farmers at Commodity Classic here on Friday. "Let me clarify: My advice and ...
28 Feb 2020
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Like sharks smelling blood in the water, lawyers are rushing to capitalize on the landmark dicamba injury case Bader Farms recently won against Bayer and BASF in Missouri. One law firm, Peiffer, Wolf, Carr & Kane, held a conference call Wednesday to help drum up awareness of the legal av...
28 Feb 2020
By Tregg CroninDTN Contributing Analyst On the Plains of South Dakota, where I'm writing this column, spring looks as far away as it has all winter. At last check, the National Weather Service said the Upper Midwest has 84.9% of its area covered by snow at an average depth of 5.4 inches. Admittedly, this is better than conditions a year ago when th...