Entries for April 2021
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16 Apr 2021
Prior to entering office, President Joe Biden issued a comprehensive labor plan. Within his plan was a call to enforce current laws against employers that misclassify employees as independent contractors. Further in the plan was an endorsement of California's law that establishes a new test for independent-contractor status. To put it in perspectiv...
16 Apr 2021
WASHINGTON (DTN) -- USDA announced this week that it will soon implement the Dairy Donation Program (DDP) as established in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack noted Wednesday at a House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee hearing that USDA would not continue the Families to Farmers Food Box Program st...
16 Apr 2021
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- When California voters approved Proposition 12 in November 2018, hog producers across the country were ready to adjust their operations to suit the law's pen-size requirements to ship to the state. The law takes effect in January 2022 and California regulators have yet to issue guidance rules on those requirements. The future...
16 Apr 2021
DTN Closing Livestock Comment 04/16 16:10 Rounding Out a Strenuous Week in the Livestock Complex Looking to next week's trade, the cattle market is hopeful corn prices hold at least steady and the board will shine some opportunity back into the market. ShayLe Stewart DTN Livestock Analyst GENERAL COMMENTS: It surely wasn't the week any livestock en...
16 Apr 2021
DTN Chart Technical Points 04/16 16:30 DTN FUTURES 10 4/16/21 SLOW STOCHASTIC PRICES ARE DECIMAL MOVING AVERAGES RSI'S 5 Day 20 Day CONTRACT CLOSE 4-Day 9-Day 18-Day 45-Day 9Day 14Day 30Day %K %D %K %D CBTWT MAY 652.50 646.00 634.58 625.67 641.42 65.72 59.22 53.57 82 73 80 68 CBTWT JUL 655.00 648.56 636.14 624.42 634.78 70.38 63.45 56.37 84 76 85 7...