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25 Feb 2019
By Todd HultmanDTN Lead Analyst One day after a winter storm closed U.S. government offices in Washington, D.C., USDA's annual Agricultural Outlook Forum in Arlington, Virginia, kicked off Thursday with the traditional opening talk from USDA's Chief Economist Robert Johannson. (Read his speech here: https://www.usda.gov/…) More detailed outlooks fo...
25 Feb 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor ARLINGTON, Va. (DTN) -- USDA sees higher corn acres, production, exports and prices for the 2019-20 crop as well as lower ending stocks at the end of the year. It's a different story for soybeans as production and yield are lowered, but a high carryover, relatively low exports and overall higher supply will tra...
25 Feb 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor ARLINGTON, Va. (DTN) -- American farmers and other businesses that trade in commodities have an "enormous advantage" over global competitors because commodities are pegged to the U.S. dollar. But that advantage could one day be at risk due to other emerging commodity markets, according to the head of the Commodi...
22 Feb 2019
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The state of Iowa is appealing to a federal court to reverse an Iowa judge's move in January to throw out a state law that blocks undercover activist investigations into livestock operations. The 2012 law, coming after at least a couple of widely publicized investigations into hog operations, made it ...
22 Feb 2019
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Changes to Price Loss Coverage, or PLC, in the 2018 farm bill could result in higher federal payouts on the crop insurance program, according to a new analysis from Farmdoc at the University of Illinois. In particular, the new farm bill allows for a one-time option to update payment yields. "Of 21 pr...