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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...
13 Feb 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Farm leaders largely had praise Monday for the Trump administration's infrastructure plan, which calls for spending $200 billion in federal funding over 10 years, including a special $50 billion pot of money just to target rural areas. Other groups tied to the barge and trucking industries were mo...
13 Feb 2018
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst The nation's railroads have a little over 10 months left to implement new positive train control systems meant to improve safety and security. While some railroads report that they expect to meet the Dec. 31 deadline to implement the new systems, others say they have made little progress. The U.S. Department ...