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25 Feb 2020
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor ARLINGTON, Va. (DTN) -- In his role as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture in Rome, Indiana farmer Kip Tom is fully plugged into the world's food and agricultural crises as they are happening. Speaking to DTN at the USDA Agricultural Outlook Forum on Friday, Tom discussed the...
24 Feb 2020
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ARLINGTON, Va. (DTN) -- Attendees at USDA's annual Agricultural Outlook Forum in Virginia this week are getting an earful about the challenges posed by increasingly volatile weather extremes. Speakers in at least three separate sessions on Thursday wrestled with how major ag players -- regulators, insurers, sci...
24 Feb 2020
By Todd HultmanDTN Lead Analyst Coming off 2019 -- when USDA made optimistic planting estimates when corn wasn't planted, counted unharvested corn in fields as part of stored grain, and insisted production reached 13.69 billion bushels (bb) in spite of cash prices to the contrary -- this week's Ag Outlook Forum added even more confusion to the mix....
24 Feb 2020
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter Last month, I received a Vintage Iron story and photo for the first time in quite some time. If you remember, James Piotter of Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, told us about his sharp-looking International 1456 tractor. This month, we have another Vintage Iron story, and it's also about an International tractor. This one comes...
24 Feb 2020
By Jim PatricoProgressive Farmer Contributor Dave Geise's friends tease him: That shiny new farm shop he recently built is not really a shop, they say, it's a "shouse." Or, maybe it's a "barndominium." Whatever they call the structure, Geise is proud of it. "It's a dream come true," he said of the 127 feet-by-60 feet Morton building that seamlessly...