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2 Aug 2017
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- House Agriculture Committee Chairman Michael Conaway said today his committee will begin work on the next farm bill within the next eight weeks, noting that he wants to get it on the House floor this year. Conaway announced at the beginning of a farm bill listening session in San Ang...
2 Aug 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- While American families are still hauling their RVs around the country trying to squeeze in one or two more lake trips for the summer, it's also apparently farm-bill road trip season. The House Agriculture Committee has its road trip, labeled "Conservations in the Field," which included a field ...
2 Aug 2017
By Todd HultmanDTN Analyst Heading into August, we have had plenty to talk about in grains this year. But the king of price moves so far has been Minneapolis wheat, where drought in the northwestern Plains wreaked havoc with this year's spring wheat crops. The shorthand explanation is that drought caused spring wheat prices to go higher. That is ...
1 Aug 2017
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Three California agriculture interest groups sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Monday. They claimed in a lawsuit in federal court that the agency harmed ranchers when it didn't follow federal law when it declared ranchlands as critical habitat in the state. The groups include the California C...
1 Aug 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- The linkage between conservation compliance and crop insurance premium subsidies continues to draw complaints, but a new study by USDA's Economic Research Service shows the link helps reduce the farming risks on highly erodible lands and wetland conversions. Coupling insurance and conservation c...