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Ethanol Outlook

30 Jan 2018
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Nothing is set in stone with federal policy and the ethanol industry, and the same is true for 2018. The industry will continue to face annual political fights and legal battles to keep the Renewable Fuel Standard in place, the backbone of the industry. With commodity prices low and input costs high, ...

Cash Market Moves

30 Jan 2018
By Mary KennedyDTN Basis Analyst Earlier this month, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced that the Owner Operator Independent Drivers Association Inc. (OOIDA) has requested an exemption from the electronic logging device (ELD) requirements for motor carriers considered to be a small transportation trucking business. The...

Blockchaining Food to Fork

30 Jan 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor DES MOINES (DTN) -- Last week, Louis Dreyfus Co., one of the world's largest ag commodity traders, sold 60,000 metric tons of U.S. soybeans (2.2 million bushels) to a Chinese processor using a digital "blockchain" platform. The sale worked better than even expected. While blockchain is the technology behind cryp...

Conservation Tillage Checklist

29 Jan 2018
By Susan Winsor Progressive Farmer Contributing Editor Yield is highly dependent on how crop genetics interact with the environment. That's why changing your tillage system is an influential variable not to be taken lightly, pointed out Dorian Gatchell, independent certified professional agronomist. "So much depends on your individual soils, climat...

The Urge to Organize

29 Jan 2018
By Jim PatricoProgressive Farmer Senior Editor You don't have to talk to JR Breitkreutz for very long to realize that here is a man who loves organization. A quick look around his immaculately clean, 4-year-old shop confirms it. As you enter, you see a long row of low storage cabinets on the left topped with stainless steel for the neatest work sur...
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