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26 Nov 2019
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst The final deadline for truckers to comply with the electronic logging device rule is fast approaching but continues to face opposition from certain trucking groups. It has been two years since the still-controversial electronic logging device (ELD) rule took effect, and the final date for 100% compliance is De...
26 Nov 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor INDIANAPOLIS (DTN) -- With U.S. agriculture dependent on global trade, it will become more critical over time to demonstrate sustainability goals in the future for companies and farmers to maintain export competitiveness, a former chief agricultural trade negotiator told an audience of ag sustainability experts ...
26 Nov 2019
By Katie DehlingerDTN Farm Business Editor DALLAS (DTN) -- Jason Henderson, director of Purdue University Extension and former Federal Reserve economist, is tired of talking about the 1980s. "Where we're at in the ag business cycle, it's not the '80s," he told a national meeting of agriculture lenders. "In my mind, we're smack dab in the middle of ...
25 Nov 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- While trade talks with China remain off again, on again, the battle over intellectual property theft of agricultural technology continues with the indictment of a former scientist at Monsanto and The Climate Corporation. Haitao Xiang, 42, was formally indicted Thursday by a grand jury in the U.S....
25 Nov 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor INDIANAPOLIS (DTN) -- When Ohio farmer Fred Yoder testified last month before the House Select Committee on Climate Change, the long-time no-till farmer and champion of climate-smart farming practices told lawmakers one of the best things that could happen would be to get back a carbon market that would encourag...