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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...
21 Jan 2020
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Just like most families, herbicides don't always bring out the best in each other. In the human world, it's called "sibling rivalry" or "personality differences." In the chemical world, scientists call it "herbicide antagonism," a phenomenon wherein two or more herbicides in a tank mix p...
21 Jan 2020
By Victoria G. MyersProgressive Farmer Senior Editor Editor's Note: Disruption is a catalyst for change. The tech industry has purposely pursued disruption for decades as a means of stimulating growth and innovation. Agriculture is certainly no stranger to disruption and the effect -- good and bad -- it can have on farmers and ranchers, as well as ...