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6 Dec 2016
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor CHICAGO (DTN) -- A new farm bill creates the opportunity to deal with current struggles with different commodities as well as potentially reward rural America for its support of President-elect Donald Trump, a prospect for U.S. Agriculture secretary said Monday at the DTN/The Progressive Farmer Ag Summit. Chuck...
6 Dec 2016
By Todd HultmanDTN Analyst Buy low, sell high has a logic that is easy to accept, but the catch has always been coming up with a definition of what's low and what's high that can also stand the test of time. A little like defining jazz, we might have a sense of what we think low and high are now. But can we come up with a method that holds up for ...
6 Dec 2016
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor CHICAGO (DTN) --- As the U.S. sees its own economy improving and transitions to a new presidency, farmers will want to keep watching the economic situation in China and the impact that a slow down in China's growth could have on demand for feedstuffs. Tom Scott, CEO of Informa Economics, spoke Monday at the DTN...
5 Dec 2016
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Tom Vilsack keeps a set of index cards with him that detail changes made to the U.S. Department of Agriculture under the Obama administration. "These cards represent, I think, significant progress that has been made in every single mission area, and some that didn't exist before we got here...
5 Dec 2016
By Danny KlinefelterDTN Farm Business Adviser Uncle Sam isn't much different than any other borrower overloaded with debt and limited income for repayment. Constructive debt can be taken on that matches the repayment requirements to the income and cash generation timing of the entity (business or government). However, taking on additional debt to ...