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24 Dec 2018
By Todd HultmanDTN Lead Analyst It was just a year ago when I wrote two articles about the merits of buying inexpensive put options as a way to minimize the price risk of owning and growing crops. Of all the various risk management strategies growers are presented with, buying an inexpensive put option has to be the one of the easiest, no-hassle ...
24 Dec 2018
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Richard and Annette Dyreng were vacationing in Texas on Jan. 11, 2017, when the phone rang. A solemn-voiced police officer said their daughter, Cami Dyreng -- a former scholar, college marching band member, high school cheerleader, and mother of three boys -- was found dead from a heroin overdose back...
24 Dec 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Mick Henderson, board chairman for the Renewable Fuels Association and general manager of a Kentucky ethanol plant, was among the large group of people tied to farm groups and related industries who attended the White House farm bill signing ceremony Thursday. President Donald Trump signed the 201...
21 Dec 2018
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- There was a dry creek bed near his Columbus, Indiana, farm. In his mind's eye, Randy Hedrick still sees his father lying dead, trapped underneath an overturned four-wheeler in loamy soil. The search ended there, but Hedrick's own life started to become crystal clear. Growing up watching his father's e...
21 Dec 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- USDA released its long-awaited final rule that will require companies to create labels or use technology to inform consumers about food ingredients from bioengineered crops or fish. Agricultural groups praised the USDA National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard, while other groups that had c...