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9 Dec 2019
By Todd HultmanDTN Lead Analyst It was a privilege to speak to the members at the Arkansas Farm Bureau convention Wednesday (12/4/19) and I had to admit from the outset that there is simply no good way to spin the big crop surpluses and low crop prices at the end of 2019. It's a tough grain market every way we look at it. USDA's ending corn stocks ...
9 Dec 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- In a sign that U.S. agriculture may start to see greater access to China, the Chinese Finance Ministry on Friday announced it would start excluding some soybeans, pork and other agricultural goods from tariffs. In a posted statement on its website, the ministry stated due to domestic needs, Chine...
6 Dec 2019
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- USDA is set to open sign-up for the Conservation Reserve Program on Dec. 9 to include both general and continuous enrollments, the Farm Service Agency announced in a press conference on Thursday. There are 22 million acres enrolled in CRP. The 2018 farm bill raised the cap to 27 million acres. Bradley...
6 Dec 2019
By Jim PatricoProgressive Farmer Contributor When commodity prices are stuck in the little-to-no-profit zone, it just makes sense to search for new crops with higher return potential. Five years ago, Annette and Bruce Wiles chose to be among the first Nebraskans to try growing hops. This year, they also planted hemp. The decision to plant specialt...
5 Dec 2019
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The state of Iowa cannot enforce a new ag trespass law signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds last March, after a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction this week in a lawsuit brought against the law by animal rights groups. The order issued Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of ...