Headline News
RECENT NEWS
15 Jan 2019
By Dan MillerProgressive Farmer Senior Editor BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (DTN) -- The best tool for designing a new shop is a tape measure, said Dan Nyberg, sales training manager for Morton Buildings Inc. Measure the footprint of your field equipment and trucks, and consider how the equipment will fit. For example, if you bring a planter into your shop for ...
15 Jan 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor NEW ORLEANS, La. (DTN) -- Farm labor remains the top issue for Zippy Duvall as president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, but he recognizes the difficulty of trying to find a solution that involves foreign guest workers when the federal government is shut down in a fight over a southern border wall. "It's...
15 Jan 2019
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a lawsuit against dicamba last week, but left open a door for the plaintiffs to expedite a new lawsuit in 2019. The original lawsuit, which was filed by four farm and environmental groups in 2017, argued that the EPA's 2016 registration o...
11 Jan 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor NEW ORLEANS (DTN) -- Delegates for the American Farm Bureau Federation added provisions to the group's policy book on Tuesday opposing lab-grown and plant-based proteins using most terms associated with traditional meat products. In a voice vote, Farm Bureau added policy opposing the use of the term "meat" for ...
4 Jan 2019
By Lori CullerDTN HR Columnist How do I get my employees to listen? It's an interesting request I hear often at farm shows and conferences. Many are fed up with employees not listening to their clearly stated steps. I even had one participant say, "I literally give each step a number, and they still miss steps." What drives an employee's behavior ...