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25 Nov 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- While trade talks with China remain off again, on again, the battle over intellectual property theft of agricultural technology continues with the indictment of a former scientist at Monsanto and The Climate Corporation. Haitao Xiang, 42, was formally indicted Thursday by a grand jury in the U.S....
25 Nov 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor INDIANAPOLIS (DTN) -- When Ohio farmer Fred Yoder testified last month before the House Select Committee on Climate Change, the long-time no-till farmer and champion of climate-smart farming practices told lawmakers one of the best things that could happen would be to get back a carbon market that would encourag...
25 Nov 2019
By Todd HultmanDTN Lead Analyst When we have that unexplainable feeling of having experienced something before, we call it a deja vu moment. What do you call it when you realize you actually did experience the same thing before? Short-term memory loss? That happened to me recently when I came across a Todd's Take I wrote two years ago, "HRW Wheat B...
22 Nov 2019
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter SAVANNAH, Ga. (DTN) -- Global agriculture has been somewhat behind other industries in adopting digital technology. But, as in other aspects of modern life, this technology is slowly transforming different areas of agriculture, including how crops and livestock are produced and how ag businesses operate. Digital tech...
22 Nov 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor INDIANAPOLIS (DTN) -- USDA Deputy Secretary Steve Censky said Thursday it would be "very unfortunate" for agriculture if House Speaker Nancy Pelosi delays a vote on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement until 2020. Pelosi, D-Calif., was quoted by reporters on Thursday adding some uncertainty to the possibility of a v...