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29 Dec 2020
ANKENY, Iowa (DTN) -- A different approach may be needed to get more farmers and landowners to try to increase adoption of soil health practices, according to J. Gordon Arbuckle, a sociology professor at Iowa State University (ISU). Arbuckle, keynote speaker at the recent two-day virtual University of Minnesota (U of M) Soil Management Summit, said...
29 Dec 2020
WASHINGTON (DTN) -- President Donald Trump signed the combined fiscal year 2021 omnibus appropriations and COVID-19 relief bill late Sunday after threatening to veto it. The presidential signature means that, as part of the provisions in the bill, there will be more aid to farmers and a 15% increase in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNA...
28 Dec 2020
Every year, just 1% to 2% of agricultural land changes hands. What that land sells for can be public information or, in nondisclosure states such as Texas, sealed. Justin Bierschwale, an appraiser and president of the Texas chapter of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers (ASFMRA), says working in a nondisclosure state really u...
28 Dec 2020
LA PORTE CITY, Iowa (DTN) -- Few things make Jim Loeb happier than the roar of a John Deere 5020 and the subsequent belch of black exhaust as the small-but-mighty diesel tractor lunges forward with a full grain cart in tow. The jubilant feelings intensify when Loeb's 17-year-old grandson, Clayton Loeb, is behind the wheel. It encapsulates everythin...
28 Dec 2020
WASHINGTON (DTN) -- President Donald Trump signed the combined fiscal year 2021 omnibus appropriations and COVID-19 relief bill late Sunday after threatening to veto it. The presidential signature means that, as part of the provisions in the bill, there will be more aid to farmers and a 15% increase in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNA...