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23 Jan 2020
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Whether you call it making forage supplies last longer or maybe eliminating forage feeding waste, cow-calf producers this winter need their supplies to last longer. Short supplies of good-quality forages because of higher-than-average rainfall in recent growing seasons have limited the hay supply in mo...
23 Jan 2020
By Lin TanDTN China Correspondent BEIJING (DTN) -- While the U.S. celebrated the signing of the first phase of the U.S.-China trade deal at the White House, Chinese commodity buyers are still confused about their role in how to make the deal happen. "I do not know how the government will manage to import the required agricultural products," said C...
23 Jan 2020
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter This month, for the first time in quite a while, I have a Vintage Iron letter. For long-time readers of my column, I used to have quite a few folks send me stories about their old tractors. For whatever reason, the letters just stopped coming in as often. But recently I got the following Vintage Iron letter: ** I ha...
22 Jan 2020
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor AUSTIN, Texas (DTN) -- In a speech late Sunday afternoon to the American Farm Bureau Federation, President Donald Trump highlighted his recent trade and regulatory victories for farmers while thanking them for standing by him. The speech to AFBF's annual meeting marked the third straight year Trump has spoken at...
22 Jan 2020
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor AUSTIN, Texas (DTN) -- Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said Monday the third tranche of Market Facilitation Program payments is "assured" and the payment is "imminent" but he did not have a specific date when that announcement would be made. Perdue spoke at the American Farm Bureau Federation annual meeting i...