Chinese Government Relaxing Import Restrictions on GM Crops
A Chinese government body has approved safety certificates for 203 new Genetically Modified (GM) crops for both domestic planting and…
Newly Approved Rice Irrigation Practices Aid Sustainability
USDA Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) recently declared two rice irrigation practices eligible for federal crop insurance coverage beginning in…
IFES 2019-What Did We Learn from Delayed Planting-Farm Management Implications
This is a presentation summary from the 2019 Illinois Farm Economics Summit (IFES) which occurred December 16-20, 2019. A complete…
Multiple Signs Reinforce Positive Sorghum Outlook for 2020
After spending much of 2018 responding to the Chinese antidumping and countervailing duty investigations into imports of U.S. sorghum, I…
Top 10 Ag Stories of 2019-4, 3, 2
Each year, DTN publishes our choices for the top 10 ag news stories of the year, as selected by DTN…
Ag Groups Intervene in New WOTUS Suit
A number of agriculture and other interest groups have filed a motion to intervene in a federal lawsuit challenging EPA’s…
2010-2019-An Agricultural Decade In Review
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities. While…
At Each End of Pacific, Skepticism Over China Farm Purchases
President Donald Trump likes to joke that America’s farmers have a nice problem on their hands: They’re going to need…
Top 10 Ag Stories of 2019-7, 6, 5
Each year, DTN publishes our choices for the top 10 ag news stories of the year, as selected by DTN…
Water Transportation Funding Bill Passes
The Energy and Water Development spending bill delivered as a short-term Continuing Resolution was about to expire. The House passed the…