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A Missouri Congressman says the Missouri River needs the infrastructure that the Mississippi River has to prevent severe flooding.  Jason Smith’s southeast Missouri district has more than 200 miles of the Mississippi River which he [Read More…]

Farm groups supporting Missouri’s law addressing CAFO regulations say its blockage is a misuse of the legal system and stifles opportunities to keep future generations on the farm. In a joint statement, five Missouri farm [Read More…]

House Ag Committee member Vicky Hartzler of Missouri says she’s surprised to learn that President Trump might have directed the EPA’s latest round of RFS waivers to big oil companies, “He has been very supportive [Read More…]

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures were supported by commercial buying as traders prepared for widespread direct business and the USDA’s Cattle on Feed report out Friday afternoon. August was up $2.30 at $104.97 and [Read More…]

Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts, speaking at the American Coalition for Ethanol conference in Omaha. The governors of Iowa and Nebraska are calling on the EPA to reallocate the gallons of ethanol that have been lost [Read More…]

The latest agreement between the U.S. and Mexico should provide American tomato growers with better footing in the marketplace. Mexico’s tomato industry has agreed to new antidumping suspension provisions which include better border enforcement, increasing [Read More…]

The USDA says pork in cold storage at the end of July topped 600 million pounds. At 601.790 billion pounds, that’s up nearly 50 million pounds on the year, but down almost 18 million from [Read More…]

During the next several days, cold fronts will have some success in suppressing heat and humidity across the central and eastern U.S. However, hot, humid conditions will persist along and near the Gulf Coast, while [Read More…]

Across the Corn Belt, a cold front stretching from the lower Great Lakes region into Missouri is helping to focus showers and thunderstorms. The rain is generally benefiting late-planted, late-developing corn and soybeans. Meanwhile, cool, [Read More…]

Small refinery waivers were a topic of concern during a farmer roundtable with Congressman Greg Pence Wednesday evening. The meeting was part of the 2019 Shop Talk series by the Indiana Soybean Alliance and Indiana [Read More…]

Various firms are busy conducting surveys to assess the size of this year’s corn and soybean crops. DTN recently partnered with Gro Intelligence to formulate yield estimates, using a combination of data sets similar to [Read More…]

Leaders of the National Biodiesel Board and American Soybean Association have requested a meeting with President Trump to discuss small refinery exemptions and the Renewable Fuel Standard. The letter requesting the meeting is from NBB [Read More…]

Iowa Congresswoman Cindy Axne is one of several members of Congress calling for a federal investigation into the EPA’s RFS waiver process. Axne held a press conference in Council Bluffs Wednesday saying she is requesting [Read More…]

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle futures ended the day higher on strong wholesale values and expectations of improved cash business after the markets tumbled last week.  Feeder cattle futures closed higher on the [Read More…]

Missouri Governor Mike Parson says moving part of the USDA into Kansas City will be good for farmers and ranchers and good for the state, “For the first time in our state’s history – for [Read More…]

U.S. ethanol production and stocks declined last week. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says production averaged 1.023 million barrels a day, down 22,000 on the week, the lowest weekly average since April as the industry [Read More…]

President Trump says the trade dispute with China will continue whether “it’s good or bad” for the U.S. in the short term. Speaking to reporters Tuesday, Trump said it will help in the long term [Read More…]

Across the Corn Belt, showers and thunderstorms are affecting some western production areas, including parts of the Missouri Valley. Cool air is arriving across the upper Midwest, but hot, humid conditions linger in the Ohio [Read More…]

During the next few days, a surge of cool air will engulf much of the central and eastern U.S. Late-summer heat will persist, however, from the Intermountain West to the High Plains. Mostly dry weather [Read More…]

Research has shown that a farmer’s best chance to control weeds happens when they spray early. In this Managing for Profit, University of Wisconsin weed scientist Rodrigo Werle addresses some of the challenges farmers face [Read More…]