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9 Jan 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor NASHVILLE, Tenn. (DTN) -- Georgia farmer Zippy Duvall, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, heaped a load of praise on President Donald Trump and his administration on Sunday in his annual speech to Farm Bureau members. Still, Duvall also expressed concern about the overall state of the agricultura...
9 Jan 2018
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter FREMONT, Neb. (DTN) -- Farmers are certainly not new to storing grain on the farm, but it is important to fully understand the basics to maintaining stored grain. This knowledge is vital both for grain quality as well as safety around stored grain. Ken Hellevang, a North Dakota State University Extension engineer, to...
8 Jan 2018
By Lori CullerDTN Analyst Millennials today are over 83 million strong, representing about a quarter of the overall population. It seems like every time we turn around, someone is talking about millennials. And no surprise, they were a big topic of discussion at the DTN/The Progressive Farmer Ag Summit this past December. The rumor on the street -...
8 Jan 2018
By Des KellerProgressive Farmer Contributing Editor In July on an early morning drive in east-central Indiana, Don Thurston gave a tour of the 3,600 acres he farms. A longtime no-till practitioner in both corn and soybeans, he spied a cluster of waterhemp near the edge of a field. "I'm sorry, when I see it, I have to get out and pull it up," he sai...
8 Jan 2018
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- A provision in Idaho's so-called "ag-gag" law that forbids recording devices on farms and slaughterhouses without the owner's consent was struck down on Thursday. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco ruled 2-1 that the provision is a violation...