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15 Feb 2018
By Elaine KubDTN Contributing Analyst Pretty much all of us -- anyone who owns some stocks, ETFs or mutual funds -- went through the same emotional rollercoaster during the past several weeks. Checking the balances of our investment accounts or IRAs became a pleasant daily ritual during the month of January: "Look how much more it's worth today tha...
14 Feb 2018
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- EPA doled out hundreds of pages on the risks and benefits of neonicotinoid insecticides on Dec. 15 -- an early Christmas "gift" of sorts for farmers. Tempting as it to ignore these data-heavy documents, most corn, soybean and cottonseed in the country is coated with these chemicals, so t...
14 Feb 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Farmers would pay a larger share of crop-insurance premiums and a range of ag industries would have to pony up fees for USDA services under the Trump administration's latest budget proposal released Monday. The White House proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2019 includes 10-year farm-bill cuts of $4...
14 Feb 2018
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter SAN ANTONIO (DTN) -- Though President Donald Trump has supported the ethanol industry, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt has yet to address perhaps the most important issue to the industry, the lead lobbyist for the nation's largest ethanol interest group said on Tuesday. The future of ...
13 Feb 2018
By Lance WoodburyDTN Farm Business Adviser Family members don't often talk about why they are estranged from one another. Perhaps they are ashamed to admit they can't get along with a relative, or maybe they feel they have failed at being a family. Some may not understand why their siblings or children or parents have disowned them. Regardless of t...