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1 Dec 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- U.S. farmers still waiting for checks from the Syngenta corn settlement, can expect to see those payments in the next couple of months as a result of a court motion filed in federal court last week. A court motion filed by the claims administrator in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, calls for final disbursement to ...
30 Nov 2020
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. (DTN) -- Australia and the United States share the English language, but still, Dave Hedt worries about translation. His start-up agricultural equipment business, Walkabout Mother Bins, is based on a piece of equipment common in his native Australia: enormous grain wagons meant to be parked at the end of the field. They're ...
30 Nov 2020
Here at DTN, we market analysts are always looking for the latest market information to explain the moves of the day. I can't say it's always easy to do, but on most days -- if we do our homework -- there's usually a reasonable explanation behind significant market moves. Some days, of course, the market doesn't move much at all and that's understa...
30 Nov 2020
It's been a trying year. Commodity prices have been volatile, and the weather has wiped out large sections of crop. The stress has taken its toll on the farm community. I've had more than a few clients and prospects contact me about exiting farming. Typically, I tell farmers you need three to five years for an effective exit plan; however, they wan...
27 Nov 2020
ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- More changes could be ahead for glyphosate use in the U.S. after the EPA released a draft Biological Evaluation for the herbicide, which scrutinizes the pesticide's potential effect on federally listed endangered species and designated critical habitats. The agency determined that glyphosate is "likely to adversely affect" 1...