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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...
7 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...
7 Jun 2019
By Elizabeth WilliamsDTN Special Correspondent INDIANOLA, Iowa (DTN) -- Pat Swanson has already started filling in the paperwork on prevented planting for her family's farm and for several of her customers. "We have some fields under water, and the dam upstream increased its outflow by 67% last Friday. For some fields, we have no choice," the Ottum...
6 Jun 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Responding to a request from the Agricultural Retailers Association, a USDA spokesperson said Wednesday it cannot change crop-insurance contracts to extend the planting season. The Agricultural Retailers Association wants Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to extend the late-planting season for c...