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23 Jun 2017
By Pam SmithDTN Progressive Farmer Crops Technology Editor DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- Dicamba herbicide could have its own mini-series in the state of Arkansas. The question of whether to ban in-crop use of dicamba for the remainder of the growing season will be back on the table in the state on June 23 because of a voting discrepancy. Tuesday, June 2...
23 Jun 2017
By Elizabeth WilliamsDTN Special Correspondent KANSAS CITY (DTN) -- The winter/spring of 2017 did not see the financial shake-out many financial experts expected after three consecutive years of declining net farm income. In fact, lenders and other ag industry representatives at the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank's annual Ag Symposium last week ...
23 Jun 2017
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (DTN) -- President Donald Trump told Iowa farmers and ranchers Wednesday evening that he will continue to stand with them on a number of issues. During a campaign-style rally, Trump said he will defend attacks on ethanol, work to eliminate the estate tax, continue to cut back regulations that hur...
22 Jun 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- A trading and investment firm in Memphis, Tennessee, and two of the company's senior leaders have been fined more than $5 million by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for intentionally trying to avoid contract limits on live cattle contracts in 2012 and 2013. The CFTC entered into an orde...
22 Jun 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- A trading and investment firm in Memphis, Tennessee, and two of the company's senior leaders have been fined more than $5 million by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for intentionally trying to avoid contract limits on live cattle contracts in 2012 and 2013. The CFTC entered into an orde...