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15 Nov 2017
By DTN Staff OMAHA (DTN) -- Winter wheat conditions fell slightly from the previous week, according to USDA's latest Crop Progress report released on Monday. USDA estimated that 54% of the winter wheat crop was rated good to excellent, down 1 percentage point from 55% the previous week. That resulted in a DTN Winter Wheat Condition Index of 137, do...
14 Nov 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- The U.S. Senate's tax-reform bill released late Thursday would keep more tax brackets and maintain the estate tax, but also would still keep several tax provisions important to farmers regarding equipment expensing and pass-through income. With the House advancing its tax-reform package on Thursda...
14 Nov 2017
By Lin TanDTN China Correspondent BEIJING (DTN) -- New government policy recently set a target to roll out the use of ethanol in gasoline nationwide in China, according to a plan jointly released by 15 ministries, such as the National Development and Reform Commission, the National Energy Administration, and the Ministry of Finance. To meet its goa...
14 Nov 2017
By Victoria G. MyersProgressive Farmer Senior Editor Ten years ago, Amy Lehenbauer wrote down a list of goals representing her ideas for growth and improved profits at a Missouri farm to which she had just moved. At the time, those goals seemed like a big reach. Amy was a newlywed who knew she wasn't just marrying Mark Lehenbauer but also his famil...
10 Nov 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Corn and soybean farmers saw no benefit this fall from adding the harvest price option to their crop insurance plan, but that wasn't enough to stop a pair of senators and a congressman from introducing legislation that would end the taxpayer premium subsidy on the harvest price option for crop ins...