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11 Jun 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Farmers in at least six states should be eligible for more financial aid under the $19.1 billion disaster aid bill signed into law Thursday by President Donald Trump. With $3 billion specifically set aside for agricultural losses, the legislation will help Southeastern farmers hit by hurricanes l...
10 Jun 2019
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst MINNEAPOLIS (DTN) -- USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the discovery of genetically engineered wheat plants growing in an unplanted agricultural field in Washington state. U.S. Wheat Associates and the National Association of Wheat Growers issued a joint statement saying t...
10 Jun 2019
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- A multi-state coalition of agricultural organizations are seeking approval for emergency provisions allowing the planting and harvesting of forages on prevented planting acres without date restrictions, according to a news release from the Michigan Farm Bureau. The written request, submitted Thursday t...
10 Jun 2019
By Todd HultmanDTN Lead Analyst One week ago (May 31) in this column, I walked through two possible scenarios for this year's corn market. I was not claiming any inside information on what production would actually be in 2019, but saw this as an exercise to show that it didn't take outrageous assumptions to make a significant dent in U.S. corn supp...
7 Jun 2019
By Pamela SmithDTN Progressive Farmer Crops Technology Editor ASSUMPTION, Ill. (DTN) -- Jeff Brown has taken to keeping changes of clothes in his tractor this spring. Home may only be 15 miles or so away as the crow flies, but most nights this spring he wasn't sure when he'd see it next. The Blue Mound, Illinois, farmer has been racing the rain. On...