Wall Street Journal writer Ben Eisen reported last week that, “The mortgage-market slowdown is stirring up interest in a humdrum segment of American home lending: the rights to the arcane task of handling monthly payments. “Sales of so-called mortgage-servicing rights jumped 14% in 2018 from a year earlier, according to industry research group Inside Mortgage… Continue Reading
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Swine Feedlot Proposal Draws Opposition in Minnesota
Jennifer Bjorhus reported last week at the Minneapolis Star-Tribune Online that, “A Fillmore County farmer who sought to build the county’s largest animal feedlot has withdrawn his permit application in the face of sustained local opposition, marking the end of the road for the proposed Catalpa Ag hog farm. “State pollution officials said Monday that… Continue Reading
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60-Day Comment Period for WOTUS Rule Launched
DTN writer Todd Neeley reported yesterday that, “The 60-day public comment period for the newly proposed waters of the United States, or WOTUS, rule launched Thursday with the EPA and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers publishing the rule in the Federal Register. “The new rule moves forward while the 2015 rule under the Obama administration… Continue Reading
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Bayer’s Monsanto, Sued by Thousands, Faces New Kind of Claim
Bloomberg writers Lydia Mulvany and Deena Shanker reported yesterday that, “Monsanto Co. has been sued by thousands of farmers and others who blame their cancers on its massively popular Roundup weedkiller. Now Germany’s Bayer AG, which bought the agriculture giant last year, faces a claim that it deceived home gardeners about Roundup’s impact on their gut… Continue Reading
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Fed Governor Calls for Regulators to ‘Develop and Refine’ Supervision of Community Banks
Earlier this week, Wall Street Journal writer Lalita Clozel reported that, “Federal Reserve governor Michelle Bowman called Monday for regulators to ‘develop and refine’ how they supervise community banks ‘to fit the smaller size and less-complex risk profiles of these banks.’ “‘I witnessed firsthand how community banks were significantly affected by the global financial crisis, a… Continue Reading
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Next Wave of ‘Unicorn’ Start-Ups Looking Very Different
New York Times writer Erin Griffith reported earlier this week that, “Technology start-ups worth $1 billion, once as rare as unicorns, are now plentiful enough and old enough that there’s a new generation behind them — one that looks very different. “Silicon Valley’s current crop of highly valued tech start-ups, which include now-household names like… Continue Reading
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Bipartisan Group of Senators Introduce Startup Act
A news release today from Sen. Jerry Moran (R., Kans.) stated that, “U.S. Senators [Moran], Mark Warner (D-Va.), Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) today reintroduced the Startup Act – bipartisan, cutting-edge legislation to encourage job creation, grow entrepreneurial activity, increase innovation and advance economic development. “The Startup Act would accelerate the commercialization of… Continue Reading
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Farmers Getting a Service Akin to Uber to Deliver their Grains
Financial Times writer Emiko Terazono reported today that, “US farmers are getting a service akin to Uber to deliver their grains and oilseeds, with the launch of a transport unit by agritech start-up Indigo Ag. “Sellers and buyers of crops can hail trucks through a mobile app on iOS and Android, and enrolled truck drivers can… Continue Reading
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USDA Extends Deadline for Farm Trade Aid to Feb. 14
Reuters writer Humeyra Pamuk reported yesterday that, “U.S. farmers now have until Feb. 14 to apply for federal aid designed to offset the impact of retaliatory Chinese tariffs on American crops, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Monday, after delays caused by the month-long government shutdown. “The previous deadline for the aid program, officially known… Continue Reading
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Application lets Farmers Price Grains Real-Time to Manage Risk
Bloomberg writer Mario Parker reported last week that, “A firm that sprouted from Sam Altman’s tech incubator is betting that while farmers are increasingly reliant on analytics to boost yields what they really want is new ways to market their crops. “FarmLogs initially focused on an application that allowed growers to monitor crop health, risks… Continue Reading
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