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20 Sep 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor WASHINGTON (DTN) -- At least part of China's trade team negotiating in Washington, D.C., this week will take some time to visit U.S. farms, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue confirmed Thursday. Perdue was asked about the farm visits at a press event with three of his predecessors to champion the U.S.-Mexico-Ca...
20 Sep 2019
MOUNT JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- Farmers have to post jobs domestically before they can hire foreign workers for seasonal agriculture work, but for years, the law governing H-2A visas required them to publish the job in newspapers. That changes in October, according to a rule finalized by the Department of Labor on Friday. Under the new rule, jobs ca...
19 Sep 2019
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Fertilizer prices continue to erode, but the pace of decline slowed, according to retailers tracked by DTN for the second week of September 2019. It's the fifth consecutive week that the price of all eight fertilizers fell. One difference, however, is that only one price dropped significantly, which DT...
19 Sep 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Farmers should not expect any delays in USDA programs such as the trade-aid payments coming from Commodity Credit Corporation funds, the chairman of the House Agriculture Committee told DTN on Wednesday. "It's taken care of," said Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn. A political dispute over fundin...
19 Sep 2019
By Pamela SmithDTN Progressive Farmer Crops Technology Editor DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- Harvest is always a highly anticipated event for Scott Wallis. It is, after all, the physical closure of a year-long process of planning, planting and trying to protect a crop. This season feels different, though, the Princeton, Indiana, farmer admitted this week a...