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27 Nov 2019
By Matthew WildeDTN Production Editor DES MOINES, Iowa (DTN) -- Mother Nature is unleashing more erratic and severe weather events than ever before. If farmers want to remain productive and profitable, they will have to adapt to climate change. That's the message delivered Monday by farmers, researchers and agriculture experts at the "Agriculture i...
27 Nov 2019
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- As the final days wane in a public comment period on the latest Renewable Fuel Standard proposal, indications are President Donald Trump is aware farmers and ethanol producers are unhappy with a proposal to account for gallons lost to small-refinery exemptions. Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, during a ...
26 Nov 2019
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst The final deadline for truckers to comply with the electronic logging device rule is fast approaching but continues to face opposition from certain trucking groups. It has been two years since the still-controversial electronic logging device (ELD) rule took effect, and the final date for 100% compliance is De...
26 Nov 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor INDIANAPOLIS (DTN) -- With U.S. agriculture dependent on global trade, it will become more critical over time to demonstrate sustainability goals in the future for companies and farmers to maintain export competitiveness, a former chief agricultural trade negotiator told an audience of ag sustainability experts ...
26 Nov 2019
By Katie DehlingerDTN Farm Business Editor DALLAS (DTN) -- Jason Henderson, director of Purdue University Extension and former Federal Reserve economist, is tired of talking about the 1980s. "Where we're at in the ag business cycle, it's not the '80s," he told a national meeting of agriculture lenders. "In my mind, we're smack dab in the middle of ...