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11 Feb 2020
By Chris Clayton DTN Ag Policy Editor and Jerry Hagstrom DTN Political Correspondent OMAHA (DTN) -- The White House released President Donald Trump's budget proposal for fiscal-year 2021 on Monday, which proposes many of the same cuts the Trump administration has proposed for USDA and agricultural programs in past years. Collectively, the budget ...
11 Feb 2020
By Bryce AndersonDTN Senior Ag Meteorologist Extremely wet soils and prospects for at least normal precipitation have the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers continuing to raise the specter of possibly heavy spring flooding again in 2020. During a conference call webinar Feb. 6, USACE and National Weather Service specialists again called attention to the ...
11 Feb 2020
By Victoria G. MyersProgressive Farmer Senior Editor SAN ANTONIO, Texas (DTN) -- The cold weather here last week during the National Cattlemen's Beef Association convention wasn't enough to put a chill on the 2020 outlook for the beef market. Crowds packed the annual CattleFax outlook session Thursday, Feb. 6, where analysts for the organization b...
10 Feb 2020
By Rod MauszyckiDTN Tax Columnist The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019, or SECURE Act, was passed by the House in July 2019 and approved by the Senate on Dec. 19, 2019, as part of an end-of-year appropriations act and accompanying tax measure. It was signed into law on Dec. 20 by President Donald Trump and took effe...
10 Feb 2020
By Logan Garcia Market Reporter - Fertecon Agribusiness Intelligence, IHS Markit AMMONIA Domestic: Prompt demand has largely gone into hibernation with the full onset of winter across the U.S. Good fall application volumes were reported out of the Southern Plains and Mississippi Delta regions, while Northern Plains states said last fall was lousy f...