USDA began mailing safety net payments for the 2017 crop earlier this month, but total ARC and PLC payments are expected to be about half the size of the 2016 payout. Economists caution that...
Katie Dehlinger
Farm Business Editor
Katie Dehlinger grew up near the Illinois-Wisconsin border in Rockton, Ill., and graduated from the University of Missouri in 2009 with a bachelor's of journalism in news/editorial writing and minors in history and sociology.
She's filled a number of roles at DTN, including nearly five years as the Markets Editor, where she covered commodities markets and marketing strategies in addition to USDA report lockups. She spent several years as the Executive Producer for RFDTV's daily news programs, Market Day Report and the Rural Evening News. She's now back at DTN, this time as the Farm Business Editor, where her reporting focuses on tax and estate planning, farmland values, health care and other issues that affect farmers' bottom lines.
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As harvest plows forward and farmers stuff their bins with soybeans, some are starting to turn their thoughts to what to plant next year. If you're considering increasing corn acres, you may...
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Ag Bankers Wary About 2019
Ag bankers say only a small portion of their customers are in severe financial stress but add there are plenty of unknowns about 2019 that could change the financial picture for many farmers.
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USDA Long-Term Projections
USDA on Friday released tables showing long-term acreage, supply and demand forecasts for the next decade. While DTN Analyst Todd Hultman says it's important to treat the estimates with caution given the number of variables that...
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Insurance Pitfalls of Damage
Farmers with high levels of damaged soybeans can adjust their crop insurance yields for the lower quality, but insurance requirements that force them to work hard to find a buyer are limiting...
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Organic Acreage Trends
Organic field crop acreage increased 2% from last year to 6.5 million acres. Farmers planted 7% more soybeans and 2% more corn than in 2017. At the same time, non-GMO acreage fell 5%.
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ARC/PLC Payments Continue to Decline
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Tariff Realities - 7
Discounts for damaged beans have more than tripled in some areas along the lower Mississippi River as wet weather plagued harvest, but slack demand and a lack of storage means farmers could...
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Tariff Realities - 1
China's 25% tariff on U.S. soybeans is forcing dramatic changes to the grain supply chain, and in the Northern Plains, the market signals are telling farmers to put soybeans in storage -- a dramatic reversal of typical harvest...
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Tariff Realities - 4
As farmers fill storage space with soybeans this fall amid the trade dispute with China, experts say there are ways to minimize downside risk and earn the carry offered in the futures market.
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View From the Cab
As soybean harvest closes in, View From the Cab farmers Kyle Krier and Genny Haun race to get caught up on other tasks. In Kansas, that means putting up the latest cutting of alfalfa. In Ohio, it's work on waterways and seeding...
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USDA Reports Update
USDA raised its forecasts for both corn and soybean yields and production. If realized, USDA's corn yield forecast would set a new record.