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ARC-IC in 2019
Release of a 2019 ARC-IC Payment Calculator Agricultural Risk Coverage at the Individual Level (ARC-IC) should be considered as a…
Senate Committee Advances USMCA
Taking another step to completing the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, the Senate Finance Committee voted 25-3 on Tuesday to advance the trade…
2019 Tough Year for Wisconsin Dairies
10% of Wisconsin Dairy Operations Exited the Business in 2019 Wisconsin lost 10.7% of its licensed dairy farms in 2019.…
2020 Hogs-More Supply, Profitable Prices?
The USDA’s December Hogs and Pigs report indicates that producers continue to expand, with the December 1 inventory of all hogs and…
Another Major U.S. Dairy Files for Bankruptcy
The U.S. dairy industry, the largest in the world, is under severe pressure as the consumption habits of Americans shift.…
2019 Corn Harvest-Will it Ever End?
As the calendar turned to 2020, corn harvest in the U.S. was not 100% complete. In the last weekly Crop…
Hypothetical Ethanol Plant Margins Improve Despite Higher Corn, Lower Fuel Price
Heading into the new year ethanol margins continue to improve at DTN’s hypothetical ethanol plant, as a higher price received…
Chinese Officials Will Travel to Washington, Sign Phase One Trade Deal
A Chinese delegation will travel to Washington, D.C. next week to join President Donald Trump in signing the phase one…
RMA Reminds Producers Who Received ‘Top-up Payments’ of Crop Insurance Requirements
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) is again reminding producers who received a prevented planting “top-up” payment…
Brazil Forecast to Overtake U.S. as Leading Soybean Producer, USDA-FAS Report
A recent report from the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) stated that, “Brazil is forecast to overtake the United States as the…