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27 Aug 2019
By Matt WildeProgressive Farmer Editor DES MOINES (DTN) -- More than 100 people from across the nation recently got an up-close look at the latest in conservation practices aimed at improving water quality from Iowa to the Gulf of Mexico. Participants on the day-long Conservation in Action tour, hosted by the Conservation Technology Information Cen...
27 Aug 2019
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON, D.C. (DTN) -- President Donald Trump and Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Sunday that the two countries have reached a trade deal that will involve large Japanese purchases of U.S. corn and wheat. In a report Saturday, Nikkei, a Japanese news organization, reported that Japan had agr...
26 Aug 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- When the co-owner of a Minnesota pet food manufacturer got a brief chance to speak to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and Minnesota members of Congress at a farm show earlier this month, she told them the Food and Drug Administration is damaging both pet-food companies and pulse crop farmers....
26 Aug 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- President Donald Trump late Friday afternoon tweeted that higher tariffs would be slapped on Chinese products, following similar action against U.S. products announced by China earlier Friday. The president reiterated in a tweet China continues stealing intellectual property to the tune of hundre...
26 Aug 2019
By Todd HultmanDTN Lead Analyst If there was ever a grain that could be described as an overachiever, it has to be soft red winter (SRW) wheat. Only accounting for one-seventh of U.S. wheat production, SRW wheat is known in the futures market as Chicago wheat, and consistently attracts more trading volume than any other U.S. wheat contract. As a co...