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14 Feb 2025
This article was originally published at 1:23 p.m. CST on Friday, Feb. 14. It was updated with additional information at 4:19 p.m. CST on Friday, Feb. 14. ** CHICAGO (DTN) -- Thousands of employees at the U.S. Department of Agriculture across an array of agencies and jobs have been fired since Thursday, DTN has learned. USDA on Friday afternoon rel...
14 Feb 2025
Do you like to talk farming, agronomics and rural life? Here's your chance to do it on a national platform. For the past 20 years, DTN has followed farmers from two different regions of the country throughout the growing season through a column called View From the Cab. Now we're looking for farmers for the 2025 View From the Cab feature. Here's ho...
14 Feb 2025
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (DTN) -- The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted 72-28 to confirm Brooke Rollins as the country's new U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. Rollins, 52, is a Texas native and was an adviser for Trump's economic policies in his first term and gained more influence in Trump's world as founder and CEO of the America First Policy Institute. Rollins ...
13 Feb 2025
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- A bipartisan group of federal lawmakers took a big step toward making E15 year-round sales permanent nationally by introducing legislation on Thursday in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. The Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act may be the answer that ethanol and farm groups have been looking ...
13 Feb 2025
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (DTN) -- The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted 72-28 to confirm Brooke Rollins as the country's new U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. Rollins, 52, is a Texas native and was an adviser for Trump's economic policies in his first term and gained more influence in Trump's world as founder and CEO of the America First Policy Institute. Rollins ...