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13 Dec 2019
By Dan Miller Progressive Farmer Senior Editor John Deere screened a video earlier this year it called "Farm Forward 2.0." It envisions a connectivity of technologies and data to produce management guidance. One character is quietly central to Deere's vision as manager of the farm's data hub. That person meshes real-time agronomics with inputs and ...
13 Dec 2019
By Emily Unglesbee DTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- In the small Catholic parish of my childhood, the word "saint-maker" was sometimes used to describe certain individuals who pushed you to become a better Christian just by tolerating their, ahem, "challenging" personalities. I suspect the term hits home for many farmers this year. "201...
12 Dec 2019
By Russ Quinn DTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) and Fertilizer Canada are hailing the announcement Tuesday of a bipartisan agreement on the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). Once ratified, the agreement will protect the interests of farm customers across North America who depend on cost-effective fertiliz...
12 Dec 2019
By Todd Neeley DTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Repeated weather events delaying planting and harvest seasons, trade disputes disrupting commodity markets and continued lower commodity prices have created a tremendous amount of stress for farmers and ranchers this year. To help them deal with this stress, Farm Credit, American Farm Bureau Federat...
12 Dec 2019
By Chris Clayton DTN Ag Policy Editor and Jerry Hagstrom DTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- The House late on Wednesday passed the Farm Workforce Modernization Act by a vote of 260 to 165, passing legislation that has strong backing from most agricultural groups, but is opposed by the American Farm Bureau Federation and conservative gr...