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27 Jul 2017
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- A total of 17 witnesses from farm, commodity, crop insurance and credit groups largely agreed on the agenda for the next farm bill at a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing Tuesday, but there were differences over conservation compliance requirements for crop insurance eligibility and...
27 Jul 2017
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- For the third week in a row, average retail fertilizer prices continued to decrease the third week of July 2017. Once again, all eight of the major fertilizers had lower prices compared to a month earlier. Only three fertilizers had significant price drops. With the sidedressing season pretty much comp...
27 Jul 2017
By Emily Unglesbee DTN Staff Reporter and Mary Kennedy DTN Cash Grains Analyst ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- The effects of North Dakota's extreme drought conditions remained visible as the Hard Spring Wheat and Durum Tour ventured through central, north-central and northwest regions of the state Wednesday. Crop scouts visited 225 fields and calculated ...
26 Jul 2017
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Major agribusinesses have gone from being among the highest-returning investments for shareholders prior to 2012 to being among the lowest returners from 2012 to 2016 due to the downturn in the ag economy, according to a survey of 40 global agriculture companies released this week. A new report from t...
26 Jul 2017
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- In past interviews, Sam Clovis, President Donald Trump's nominee for Agriculture undersecretary for research, education and economics, has questioned the constitutionality of crop insurance. Those statements may endanger his nomination, according to comments made Tuesday by Senate Ag...