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17 Jan 2020
By Todd HultmanDTN Lead Analyst As often accompanies political events like the signing ceremony for the phase-one trade agreement with China on Wednesday, Jan. 15, there was a lot of self-congratulating and verbal high fives in the room. Various officials thanked each other for putting together such a fine document -- a win-win for both sides. I...
17 Jan 2020
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor DES MOINES (DTN) -- Offering some insights into the economic situation of Midwest agricultural loan customers, Farm Credit Services is guardedly optimistic looking at the agricultural economy for 2020. Jim Knuth, senior vice president of Farm Credit Services of America, highlighted some of the rationale for opt...
17 Jan 2020
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted 89-10 for final passage of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), sending the trade agreement to President Donald Trump to sign into law. Much as the House did in December, the Senate provided strong bipartisan support for the trade pact even in the m...
16 Jan 2020
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- An environmental legal group is attempting to force the EPA to put western Lake Erie on a pollution diet after the state of Ohio has yet to take regulatory action in response to repeated algae blooms that have harmed drinking water in places like Toledo. Such a pollution diet, called a total maximum d...
16 Jan 2020
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- An environmental legal group is attempting to force the EPA to put western Lake Erie on a pollution diet after the state of Ohio has yet to take regulatory action in response to repeated algae blooms that have harmed drinking water in places like Toledo. Such a pollution diet, called a total maximum d...