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23 Dec 2019
By Todd HultmanDTN Lead Analyst "So the last shall be first, and the first last: For many be called, but few chosen." Matthew 20:16, KJV. Forgive me for putting sacred words in a space where we talk about earthly things like corn and hog prices. I am pretty sure the writer wasn't referring to anything as profane as commodity markets at the time, bu...
23 Dec 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Most agricultural groups offered strong praise after the House overwhelmingly passed the U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement on Thursday, but some groups, especially ardent defenders of country-of-origin labeling, maintain Congress is abandoning their cause. Commodity groups largely see benefits in ...
20 Dec 2019
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- After three world records, some folks might retire. Not David Hula. With his irrigated corn yield of 616.20 bushels per acre (bpa), the Charles City, Virginia, farmer won the National Corn Growers Association's 2019 National Corn Yield Contest, but also set his fourth world record for th...
20 Dec 2019
By Tregg CroninDTN Contributing Analyst This year will go down in history as one of the most challenging for Midwest producers. Thanks to a persistent wet pattern from spring to winter, producers fought wet fields during planting, heavy moisture during small grain harvest and snowstorms during fall harvest. For some, the season has not ended as har...
20 Dec 2019
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- The EPA made a combined announcement today on two topics: the management of hemp production and the future of atrazine use. The agency recently registered 10 pesticides for use on hemp, to help alleviate the current dearth of products that are legal and safe to use in the fast-growing ind...