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Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, at the podium, hosts a press event with three of his predecessors, John Block, Dan Glickman and Tom Vilsack, to promote the USMCA trade agreement. (DTN photo by Chris Clayton)
Ag Secretaries Rally for USMCA
9/19/2019 | 4:43 PM CDT
Perdue Confirms Chinese Farm Visits During Bipartisan Event on USMCA Ratification
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Bill Northey, USDA undersecretary for farm production and conservation, waits to testify Thursday at a hearing that was meant to focus on USDA disaster programs. A political dispute over the Commodity Credit Corporation got in the way, and congressmen asked Northey about an array of farm programs. (DTN photo by Chris Clayton)
Lawmakers Spar Over CCC Dispute
9/19/2019 | 5:27 PM CDT
House Passes Funding Bill With USDA Funds; Dairy Program Sign-up Extended
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Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue spoke Wednesday at the United Fresh conference in Washington. Perdue spoke mostly about trade and labor issues, and said it was encouraging that the U.S. and China were again negotiating on trade. (DTN photo by Chris Clayton)
US-China Trade Talks
9/18/2019 | 1:56 PM CDT
Ag Secretary: Deal With China Must Go Beyond Agricultural Purchases
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Watch for stand issues this fall, such as this corn plant infected with Physoderma stalk rot, which has caused it to snap over at a lower node. (Photo courtesy Daren Mueller, Iowa State University)
Corn's Final Stand
9/18/2019 | 9:57 AM CDT
Watch for These Common Stalk Problems in 2019 Cornfields
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Each week, Scott Wallis and Ashley Andersen report on current field conditions and life on the farm. (DTN photo by Pamela Smith and Nick Scalise)
View From the Cab
9/18/2019 | 5:54 AM CDT
Start Your Combine Engines
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  1. Perdue Confirms Chinese Farm Visits During Bipartisan Event on USMCA Ratification

  2. House Passes Funding Bill With USDA Funds; Dairy Program Sign-up Extended

  3. Ag Secretary: Deal With China Must Go Beyond Agricultural Purchases

  4. Watch for These Common Stalk Problems in 2019 Cornfields

  5. Start Your Combine Engines

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Hemp production is growing in several states across the country. USDA will offer whole farm insurance coverage including hemp in 2020. Lawmakers raised some concerns about how that will work. (DTN file photo)

Lawmakers Raise Questions About Hemp Insurance

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The blue bars represent the percentage of selected Saskatchewan crops harvested as of Sept. 16, as measured against the primary vertical axis. The brown bars represent the percentage harvested as of the same week in 2018-19 and the grey bars represent the five-year average for this week. The black line with markers represents the number of acres left to be harvested, based on Statistics Canada's harvested acre estimates. (DTN graphic by Cliff Jamieson)

Saskatchewan Harvest Progress by Crop

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Looking at the model maps, a ridge to the west will block systems and direct the air mass flow into Western Canada. Originating over northwest Canada or eastern Alaska, this is a somewhat colder flow than if systems come into the region from either the Pacific Ocean or from the U.S. (Penn State Meteorology graphics)

Potential Increases for Frost or Freeze in Canadian Prairies

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