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3 Aug 2018
By Elizabeth WilliamsDTN Special Correspondent BLAIR, Neb. (DTN) -- Nebraska farmer Tim Andersen lost both of his parents last year. He operates the family farm near Blair, and while he's struggling to make a profit on corn and soybeans this year, he's also trying to find a way to settle the estate that satisfies his off-farm siblings. "Every farm...
3 Aug 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Leaders from the Iowa Soybean Association touring Europe this week see optimism for greater U.S. sales growth in the region. At the same time, European officials are already touting just how much U.S. soybean sales to Europe already have increased this year. Iowa Soybean Association leaders held a...
3 Aug 2018
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst OMAHA (DTN) -- U.S. Senator Deb Fischer, R-Neb., praised the Senate's passage of her amendment that would extend the electronic logging device (ELD) waiver for livestock haulers by one year, while she continues working to make the hours-of-service (HOS) requirements more flexible. Senator Fischer, a member of...
2 Aug 2018
By Pam SmithDTN Progressive Farmer Crops Technology Editor DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- If Wednesday is hump day, then Aug. 1 seems a logical calendar date to declare the crop has climbed the proverbial hill to get through the season. While DTN's View From the Cab correspondents aren't exactly willing to call the 2018 crop made, they remain cautiously op...
2 Aug 2018
By Elaine KubDTN Contributing Analyst Welcome to August, a month when American families hit the road, American workers hit the lake and Europeans generally just board up their shops and leave their jobs behind for several weeks in a row. Even a lot of North American farmers I know, as long as they're not harvesting wheat or baling hay for cows, man...