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Chris Clayton DTN Ag Policy Editor
 
Biography

DTN Ag Policy Editor Chris Clayton joined DTN in October 2005 after working more than seven years for the Omaha World-Herald, where his agricultural coverage included being part of the 2001 reporting team that uncovered a fraud case the FBI called the largest cattle scam in U.S. history.

Chris' work has been recognized on a state and national level. He has won story of the year and writer of the year from the American Agricultural Editors Association for a series published by DTN on recovery efforts in rural Louisiana a year after the hurricanes. He also has won the Glenn Cunningham Agricultural Journalist of the Year Award from the North American Agricultural Journalists for a series of articles following a steer's life and production practices of the beef industry. The National Farmers Union named Chris as the organization's agricultural communicator of the year in 2009.

Born in Woodland, Calif., Chris was raised in Dearborn, Mo. After serving in the U.S. Army, he graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1993 with a degree in journalism. Chris has worked for news organizations in Missouri, Kansas, Illinois and Nebraska. He lives in Glenwood, Iowa, with his wife and three children.

 

 

News Stories
Groups Push For Infrastructure Funding 9/2 1:16PM
Politicians Pass Legislation to Protect Payments for Farmers With Small Acreage 9/2 1:15PM
Politicians Pass Legislation to Protect Payments for Farmers With Small Acreage 9/2 1:14PM
A Few Items to Update Here 9/2 1:14PM
Keenum Admiring the Magnolias 9/2 1:14PM
AMI Sees a "Lot to Dislike" in Proposed New Livestock Rules 9/2 1:13PM
Differing Protest Approaches in EU, U.S. 9/2 1:13PM
Some Major Agribusinesses See Need to Reduce Gas Emissions 9/2 1:13PM
Consequences of High-Priced Corn -- 7 9/2 1:13PM
Congress Creating Estate Tax Confusion 9/2 1:13PM
Farm Bill, Baby, Just Goes too Slow 9/2 1:13PM
Lawmakers Question Spending More on Program 9/2 1:12PM
Renewable Energy Portfolio Would Spur Quick Job Growth 9/2 1:12PM
It's 9 AM, Do You Know Where Your Blog Is? 9/2 1:12PM
GOP Senators Question USDA Bias on GIPSA Rule 9/2 1:12PM
Fear and Loathing in Fort Collins 9/2 1:12PM
It's About to Hit the Fan, Folks 9/2 1:11PM
Bill Would Eliminate Pesticide Permit Questions 9/2 1:11PM
Advocates See Rule as Maligned by Opponents 9/2 1:11PM
Vilsack: Ag Needs to Come Together and Speak in a Single Voice 9/2 1:11PM
Some Press Releases From Fort Collins 9/2 1:11PM
Ag Secretary Says Meeting With Justice Department Part of GIPSA Rule Record 9/2 1:11PM
To Hear or Herd a Cattleman 9/2 1:11PM
Biofuel Tax Incentives Become Black Liquor Boondoggle 9/2 1:11PM
USDA Lowers Projected Corn Yield, Production 9/2 1:10PM
USDA Lowers Projected Corn Yield, Production 9/2 1:10PM
Vilsack: Ag Needs to Come Together and Speak in a Single Voice 9/2 1:10PM
Set Aside Some Pasture Forages And Watch Profitability Grow 9/2 1:10PM
EU Increases Imports, But Still Bans Hormone-Treated Beef 9/2 1:10PM
Grassley: E-15 Expected by January 9/2 1:10PM
The Storm Around Corn 9/2 1:09PM
Ag Chairman Lincoln Backs GOP Effort to Stop Air Rules 9/2 1:09PM
Steer Demonstrates Clones Can Provide Benefits 9/2 1:09PM
Producers Need to Pay Attention to CFTC 9/2 1:09PM
Small Producers See Unfair Prices and Fear Large Operators 9/2 1:09PM
The Wal-Mart Factor in Ag Competition 9/2 1:09PM
Republicans Pan Party on Ethanol Position 9/2 1:09PM
Mexican Pork Wars? 9/2 1:09PM
Alabama Town Reflects Nation's Debate on Illegal Workers 9/2 1:09PM
Black Farmer Group Questions Funding For Lincoln Package 9/2 1:09PM
Judge Says He Will Likely Place Tighter Controls on Critical Feed Use Program 9/2 1:09PM
Senators Lament Time Delay for SURE Payments 9/2 1:09PM
Egg Recall Threatens Consumer Confidence 9/2 1:09PM
Why Don't They Just Get Legal? 9/2 1:06PM
Article Becomes Manifesto for Production Ag 9/2 1:05PM
Why Does This Man Hate Commercial Agriculture? 9/2 1:05PM
Examining High Futures Prices, Demand 9/2 1:05PM
APHIS Reviewing Plan to Plant Biotech Sugar Beets in 2011 9/2 1:05PM
Groups Created to Tout Ag Aren't Willing to Denounce Egg Farm 9/2 9:06AM
Time for NCBA and R-CALF to Cease and Desist 9/2 7:27AM
NCGA Says Farmers Getting Letters Threatening Lawsuits 8/31 1:50PM
GIPSA Debate Rocks Cattle Industry 8/30 12:33PM
Steer Demonstrates Clones Can Provide Benefits 8/30 9:41AM
Ag Policy Blog 8/27 10:25AM
Iowa Farm Bureau Looks at Other Options Ahead of 2012 8/17 3:23PM
Ad-Hoc Payments Could be Higher than SURE Program 8/5 6:36PM
Beef, Other Ag Sectors Must Produce More With Less 8/2 7:49AM
Group Plans to Educate and Motivate Members to Defeat Livestock Rule 7/30 5:16PM
Group Acknowledges Mistakes But Defends Internal Firewalls 7/29 2:36PM
Carbon Offsets, Biomass Projects Could Suffer From Oversupply 7/23 5:58PM
Farmers and Officials Look at Ways Farming May Have to Adapt 7/20 2:01PM
USDA Pushes for Changes to Packers and Stockyards Act to Get More Price Transparency 7/19 11:21AM
Ag Sector Warns of Devastation if Immigrant Workers Lost 7/2 6:19AM
Debate Over 2012 Goes Beyond Support for Production Farmers 5/7 8:48AM
Farmers Want Farm Bill Changes, But Worry About How Much 5/6 10:48AM
Shifts in Direct Payments 11/18 8:48AM
ACRE, AGI, Crop Insurance Questions Abound 11/18 8:48AM
Why Should City People Care? 11/18 8:48AM
DTN's Chris Clayton Answers Your Farm Bill Questions 11/18 8:43AM
Farm Bill Primer 11/18 8:43AM
Energy Bill Highlights Ethanol Rift 11/28 6:13PM
Family Farm Advocate Rips Payment Proposal 7/19 6:33PM
Little Guys and Fraud Convicts Whacked From Farm Bill 7/18 12:00PM
First Salvos Fired as Committee Marks Up Farm Bill 7/17 6:22AM
Making Change on Payment Limits 7/13 9:52AM
Settling on a Workable Farm Bill 7/12 8:14AM