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23 Jan 2020
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter This month, for the first time in quite a while, I have a Vintage Iron letter. For long-time readers of my column, I used to have quite a few folks send me stories about their old tractors. For whatever reason, the letters just stopped coming in as often. But recently I got the following Vintage Iron letter: ** I ha...
22 Jan 2020
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor AUSTIN, Texas (DTN) -- In a speech late Sunday afternoon to the American Farm Bureau Federation, President Donald Trump highlighted his recent trade and regulatory victories for farmers while thanking them for standing by him. The speech to AFBF's annual meeting marked the third straight year Trump has spoken at...
22 Jan 2020
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor AUSTIN, Texas (DTN) -- Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said Monday the third tranche of Market Facilitation Program payments is "assured" and the payment is "imminent" but he did not have a specific date when that announcement would be made. Perdue spoke at the American Farm Bureau Federation annual meeting i...
22 Jan 2020
By Greg D. HorstmeierDTN Editor-in-Chief OMAHA (DTN) -- A long, drawn-out crop year and ongoing trade battles didn't dampen farmers' moods, as they ended 2019 with new optimism and were solid in their support for the Trump administration. The DTN/The Progressive Farmer Agriculture Confidence Index has risen to 164.1 in December 2019, significantly ...
21 Jan 2020
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter ALTOONA, Iowa (DTN) -- Biofuel producers and farmers continue to have a general distrust of EPA's handling of small-refinery exemptions to the Renewable Fuel Standard, but a USDA official said on Thursday the agency's new approach should help alleviate concerns. Speaking to an audience of farmers and biofuel produce...