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22 Feb 2019
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Changes to Price Loss Coverage, or PLC, in the 2018 farm bill could result in higher federal payouts on the crop insurance program, according to a new analysis from Farmdoc at the University of Illinois. In particular, the new farm bill allows for a one-time option to update payment yields. "Of 21 pr...
22 Feb 2019
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ARLINGTON, Va. (DTN) -- U.S. meat production continued to climb to record levels in 2018 and that trend will continue in 2019. Total red meat and poultry production grew 2% to a record 102.4 billion pounds last year, and USDA expects these categories to increase by 2% again in 2019, to reach a new record of 1...
21 Feb 2019
By Dan MillerProgressive Farmer Senior Editor Bobby Morris heads out early on hot and humid Louisiana summer mornings to inspect his sugarcane fields. You can hear the cane growing, he says, more than an inch per day as its sword-shaped leaves rise toward 14 feet. Morris Farms Partnership tends 3,200 acres of sugarcane in soils from heavy clays to ...
21 Feb 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor ARLINGTON, Va. (DTN) -- As USDA opens its annual Agricultural Outlook Forum, a mix of reports show steady land values holding up against lower farm income and a poor long-term outlook. In a forecast released last week, USDA sees net cash income for agriculture remaining relatively flat over the next decade as ex...
20 Feb 2019
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent SAN DIEGO (DTN) -- Martin Barbre, the administrator of the Agriculture Department's Risk Management Agency, told the crop insurance industry on Monday that agents can discuss crop insurance for hemp with farmers who are growing it, but must tell them there is no coverage at the present time. "If someone ...