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28 May 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Leaders of farm groups on Thursday showed they have President Donald Trump's back as he offered them another $16 billion in federal aid in lieu of anticipated higher exports to China. In response to the new Market Facilitation Program rolled out Thursday, farm groups offered praise to the Trump a...
24 May 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Congress provided $3 billion in disaster aid for farmers under a disaster package overwhelmingly approved Thursday by the U.S. Senate. The U.S. Senate passed the $19.1 billion disaster package Thursday 85-8 that would provide more funding, with places affected by Midwest flooding, Southeastern hur...
24 May 2019
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- A cattle interest group has asked a federal court to declare unconstitutional 15 state beef checkoff programs, in a motion filed this week. Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund, United Stockgrowers of America, or R-CALF USA, filed a motion this week in the U.S. District Court for the District of Monta...
24 May 2019
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Kimberly Meier has sold about twice as much alfalfa seed this spring as she normally does. Her region of northern Illinois saw high rates of alfalfa winterkill this spring after a winter of colder-than-normal temperatures. The Ridott, Illinois, farmer and seed dealer said, because of that, she sold ab...
23 May 2019
By Pamela SmithDTN Progressive Farmer Crops Technology Editor DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- There's an adrenaline rush that comes with finally getting in the field. At least Scott Wallis is fairly certain it is more than all the Diet Mountain Dew he's been drinking to keep caffeinated during long hours in the tractor seat over the past week. "Attitudes li...