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28 Mar 2017
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Despite initial backlash to the proposed mega-mergers among agro-chemical companies in the past two years, some of the deals appear to be inching toward finality. Most recently, the European Commission approved the Dow Chemical and DuPont marriage, and some media reports suggest that Che...
28 Mar 2017
By Mary KennedyDTN Basis Analyst Spring wheat and durum acres are expected to shrink this year as farmers turn to other crops. While price is one factor in that decision, the cost of raising #1 milling-quality dark northern spring wheat, 14% protein, can be a challenge. As hard as farmers try to use many methods in order to prevent disease and low...
28 Mar 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- The failure of the House health insurance bill last week leaves farmers and other small business people without any relief from increasingly higher premiums. The defeat of the bill last Friday left House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., declaring "Obamacare is the law of the land" as a whole lot of fin...
27 Mar 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Major livestock and meatpacker groups on Friday called on USDA to withdraw proposed rule changes to the Packers and Stockyards Act. The extended comment period ended Friday for an interim final rule and proposed rules under the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration -- GIPSA. The...
27 Mar 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor TRENTON, Ky. (DTN) -- Hart AgStrong created a lot of fanfare when the small Georgia oilseed processor expanded into southwest Kentucky in 2014 and offered farmers a way to diversify their crop production by raising canola. Hart AgStrong got a $450,000 tax incentive for job creation from the Kentucky Business In...