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22 Mar 2018
By Deborah R. Huso Progressive Farmer Contributing Editor Performance and seniority awards don't always have to come in the form of cash. You might consider noncash incentive plans to reward your best employees. The Limoneira Co., based in Ventura County, California, has been growing lemons and other citrus fruits since 1893. Today, nearly 125 year...
21 Mar 2018
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- With the future of the Renewable Fuel Standard hanging in the balance, Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, said he's unsure whether President Donald Trump understands how capping renewable identification numbers, or RINs, would affect the agriculture and ethanol industries. Trump is slated to meet with U...
21 Mar 2018
By Chris Clayton DTN Ag Policy Editor and Jerry Hagstrom DTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Vice President Mike Pence celebrated National Agriculture Day at the Agriculture Department on Tuesday, bringing a proclamation that President Donald Trump had issued Monday. The National Ag Day celebration is generally full of speeches filled w...
21 Mar 2018
By Todd HultmanDTN Analyst If we didn't know anything about grain markets other than Friday's Commitment of Traders data, we might think things are going pretty well across rural America. After all, noncommercial traders were 75% long in corn, 76% long soybeans, 87% long soybean meal and 69% long in K.C. wheat. That is a lot of bullish optimism. A...
20 Mar 2018
By Jim PatricoProgressive Farmer Contributing Editor Grandpa licked a finger and held it up to check the direction of the wind. Back then, that was the state of technology for checking the weather. Today, a high-tech on-farm weather station can track your cell phone and send text message alerts when the wind is about to rise in your exact location....