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20 Feb 2017
By Jim Patrico Progressive Farmer Senior Editor and Emily Unglesbee DTN Staff Reporter Editor's Note: Dicamba herbicide use on soybeans and cotton is expected to expand dramatically in 2017. Stewardship will be critical to avoid drift and other movement onto sensitive crops and plants. This Dicamba Decisions series examines important application i...
17 Feb 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- A key corporate leader in the grain trade told analysts this week he doesn't think Mexico would start heavily buying corn from South America simply because the U.S. offers a better deal. Still, Mexican officials are starting to better gauge the possibility of buying more agricultural products fr...
17 Feb 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado was talking about the struggles of health care in rural Colorado last week when he noted he had met in January with the director of the Colorado Department of Agriculture, who told the senator that the ag department was looking to reestablish a farmer suicide hotline...
17 Feb 2017
By Dan MillerProgressive Farmer Senior Editor By local acclaim, Arenzville is home to the world's best burgoo. It's a spicy and slow-cooked stew containing any number of meats and vegetables prepared by townspeople as they commemorate the town's founding in 1839. Adam and Breanna Winkelman often venture into the small west-central Illinois communit...
16 Feb 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Economists painted a gray outlook for the farm economy and called for a stronger federal safety during a congressional hearing meant to set the stage for drafting a new farm bill. Economists from USDA, the Kansas City Federal Reserve, Texas A&M and the University of Missouri all said farm finance...