Ag News
A Farmer Vents and High-Level Blame: Frustration Over Ag Economy Boiling Over in Social Media and White House
OMAHA (DTN) — Iowa farmer Lance Lillibridge’s frustration over markets, media coverage and USDA reports finally boiled over Tuesday afternoon with a self-proclaimed social media...
Miran’s Case for Bigger Interest Rate Cuts Fails to Persuade
Farmers and other business borrowers would kill for interest rates a couple percentage points lower than today’s. Now the Federal Reserve Board has a governor...
Farmers, Lenders Work Together to Help Farms Stay Profitable Even With Tighter Margins
Editor’s Note: Rising land costs, low grain prices, sharply higher input prices, market instability and other factors have combined to challenge profit margins for agricultural...
Combines Kick Up Clouds of Black Dust
DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) — You may have noticed harvest conditions have taken on a dark, foreboding look. The black soot currently decorating machines, hands and...
Mexican Border Closure Burdens Texas Feedyards and Mexican Cattle Producers
REDFIELD, Iowa (DTN) — The movement of New World screwworm (NWS) northward in Mexico shut down the U.S.-Mexico border to live cattle trade in July...
Daily Average of December Corn, November Soybeans Closes
OMAHA (DTN) — The month of October is important for growers in the key Corn Belt states who purchase revenue-based crop insurance policies. It’s when...
Iowa Ethanol Leaders Warn of Farm and Biofuel Crisis Over Lack of Carbon Capture
OMAHA (DTN) — Iowa biofuel and farm leaders are warning that the state could lose its long-held competitive edge in ethanol production without access to...
How Would Winter Temperatures Affect New World Screwworm?
The U.S. livestock industry is on the watch — and then some — over the threat of the New World screwworm and its potential to...
How Would Winter Temperatures Affect New World Screwworm?
The U.S. livestock industry is on the watch — and then some — over the threat of the New World screwworm and its potential to...
Regenerative Agriculture Highlighted as Iowa Farm Named Partner in Bayer ForwardFarming Initiative
LADORA, Iowa (DTN) — Regenerative agriculture, sustainability and farm profitability were in the spotlight on Tuesday, Oct. 7, as Bayer announced that Cornfed Farms of...
