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28 Jul 2020
DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- Several state agriculture departments have issued alerts regarding unsolicited packages containing seeds arriving in the mail from China.The Washington State Department of Agriculture issued a statement noting the packages appear to have come from Chinese origin and contain packages of seeds, although the contents may be desc...
28 Jul 2020
As harvest time approaches for the United States spring wheat and durum crops, domestic and international customers are anxious to get the latest crop information. Because the 2020 Wheat Quality Council's Annual Spring Wheat Tour will not be a "hands on" event this year due to COVID-19, many in the industry will miss the opportunity to see the crop...
27 Jul 2020
As I'm writing this article, we are still waiting for guidance on PPP (Paycheck Protection Program) loan forgiveness. Based on what is being discussed in Congress, there will be some big changes. Instead of writing something that will be out of date in a few weeks, I thought I'd write about a topic I've been seeing lately: debt forgiveness.If debt ...
27 Jul 2020
By Jerry Hagstrom DTN Political Correspondent and Chris Clayton DTN Ag Policy Editor WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman John Hoeven, R-N.D., and Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., both told The Hagstrom Report the Senate Republican coronavirus aid package now in development contains $20 billion in additional aid for farmers."While th...
27 Jul 2020
I apologize to corn producers for rehashing painful topics in 2020, but it's important to set the stage when talking about corn prices. USDA's first estimate of U.S. ending corn stocks in 2020-21 was 3.32 billion bushels (bb), based on a 97.0-million-acre planting estimate that came from USDA's March survey of planting intentions.If true, May's end...