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5 Nov 2020
DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- Harvest isn't the end of a season, it's the beginning of the next. There's no better place than a combine or picker to begin charting a path for the coming year. From pinpointing drainage problems to spotting weed control breaks, the view seems clearer from a cab above the crop, agreed Reid Thompson, Colfax, Illinois. "Many o...
5 Nov 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- Farmers, by and large, are happy with the direction of the country under President Donald Trump, and the president's rural support helped in some key Senate and House races in battleground states in the election. Beyond the presidential race, the most significant shift for commodity agriculture was the loss by House Agriculture Commi...
4 Nov 2020
Times may be changing, but farmland values have taken scant notice. They continue to hold steady, underpinning an agricultural economy that has had more than its share of bumps during the last year. While there are certainly regional and quality variations when it comes to land markets and prices, a snapshot of average values is downright heady. Be...
4 Nov 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- In an attempt to level pork trade with Thailand, the Trump administration this week suspended about $817 million in trade preferences for Thailand that were causing billions of dollars in trade deficits for producers in the United States. The decision announced by the U.S. Trade Representative was made under the generalized system of...
4 Nov 2020
In this Equipment Roundup, DTN/Progressive Farmer looks at Kubota Tractor Corporation's launch of its new L60LE Series tractors, Summers Manufacturing's new Supercoulter Samurai tillage tool, and the new level of roading performance Camso is offering for its Trailed Track Systems used on planters, fertilizer carts, sprayers and harvest carts. ** KU...