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16 Jan 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor NEW ORLEANS (DTN) -- In the middle of his speech Monday to members of the American Farm Bureau Federation, President Donald Trump was explaining the need for a wall on the southern border when the president asked a 79-year-old Arizona rancher to come on stage and say a few words. Sporting a white cowboy hat and...
15 Jan 2019
By Dan MillerProgressive Farmer Senior Editor BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (DTN) -- The best tool for designing a new shop is a tape measure, said Dan Nyberg, sales training manager for Morton Buildings Inc. Measure the footprint of your field equipment and trucks, and consider how the equipment will fit. For example, if you bring a planter into your shop for ...
15 Jan 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor NEW ORLEANS, La. (DTN) -- Farm labor remains the top issue for Zippy Duvall as president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, but he recognizes the difficulty of trying to find a solution that involves foreign guest workers when the federal government is shut down in a fight over a southern border wall. "It's...
15 Jan 2019
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a lawsuit against dicamba last week, but left open a door for the plaintiffs to expedite a new lawsuit in 2019. The original lawsuit, which was filed by four farm and environmental groups in 2017, argued that the EPA's 2016 registration o...
14 Jan 2019
By Katie DehlingerDTN Farm Business Editor Editor's Note: This story was updated to include grain estimates from private analysis firm Gro Intelligence. DTN partnered with that firm for the 2018 Digital Yield Tour in August. ** MOUNT JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- As the partial government shutdown enters its 21st day, most employees responsible for comp...