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21 Jun 2017
By Jim PatricoProgressive Farmer Senior Editor When I traveled to Cuba last fall, I met American businessman Saul Berenthal. He's a 70-something man with more energy than a 20-year-old and so much charm he stood out even in Havana, a city full of characters. A Cuban native and a longtime American citizen, Berenthal's parents in 1960 sent the boy to...
21 Jun 2017
By Danny KlinefelterDTN Farm Business Adviser Most farmers that do look at their financial ratios analyze either their trends over time or relative to benchmarks; e.g., their own history, published numbers, other farmers or their lender's standards. All of these are useful, but it's also helpful to dig into what is driving their bottom line and to ...
20 Jun 2017
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The state of Nebraska threw its support behind a rewrite of the waters of the United States, or WOTUS, rule that could more narrowly define the term "navigable waters." In a letter sent Monday to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt and Douglas Lamont, a senior official perf...
20 Jun 2017
By John HarringtonDTN Livestock Analyst Whether you consider the current presidential torch as a promising beacon of hope and change or a dangerously broken flamethrower, I think we can all agree that Donald Trump does not hide his lamp under a bushel basket. Indeed, in all the ink spilled and video clipped since he took the oath of office last Jan...
20 Jun 2017
By Anthony Greder DTN Managing Editor and Russ Quinn DTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Spring wheat conditions continued to drop significantly last week, according to USDA's weekly Crop Progress report released Monday. Conditions for corn, soybeans and winter wheat, on the other hand, held mostly steady from the previous week. USDA estimated that ...