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19 Feb 2019
By Dan MillerProgressive Farmer Senior Editor The legend of American agriculture has been one of farmers turning west for new ground -- always west. Mark Lange looked east. His land, near O'Neill, Nebraska, lay at the edge of the state's Sandhills region. His crops were irrigated by an aquifer in decline. The state already had imposed water restric...
15 Feb 2019
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent SAN DIEGO (DTN) -- So many farmers are dependent on off-farm income in today's economy that lenders say the worst threat to farmers is a general economic recession, the chief economist for the American Farm Bureau Federation said here Tuesday. "Farm lenders say the reason why we can continue to do what w...
15 Feb 2019
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter ORLANDO (DTN) -- As the EPA races the clock to complete a rule allowing year-round E15 sales ahead of the summer driving season, if the rule isn't done by June 1, the agency may have to resort to a plan B, USDA's second in command told reporters on Wednesday. Following a speech to the ethanol industry at the Nationa...
15 Feb 2019
By John HarringtonDTN Livestock Analyst Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. This ancient proverb may not exactly be the key to wealth and fame, but who among us has not found it to be the perfect ticket in avoiding unnecessary controversy and tension. To all but the most stubborn defenders of absolutes, it's an invaluable tool of cooperation and...
14 Feb 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor TANGARA, Brazil (DTN) -- A tour bus full of Americans bounces like a carnival ride traveling downhill, coming off a plateau on a narrow clay, unsurfaced and seemingly unmaintained road in the middle of a steady downpour while maneuvering around semi-trucks likely loaded with soybeans going the opposite direction...