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21 Dec 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- After a week of drama surrounding the details, the Senate voted 85 to 11 early Saturday morning to pass a spending bill to avoid federal government shutdown. The bill now goes to President Joe Biden to sign into law. According to Associated Press, the White House at midnight stated it had ceased shutdown preparations. A few hours ear...
20 Dec 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- The National Corn Growers Association on Friday praised an arbitration ruling under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) rejecting Mexico's efforts to restrict imports of biotech corn. The ruling will ideally avoid any further efforts by Mexico to restrict genetically modified corn. Mexico is the largest buyer of U.S. corn. U.S. ...
20 Dec 2024
By DTN Staff This article was originally published at 2:03 p.m. CST on Friday, Dec. 20. It was last updated with additional information at 3:01 p.m. CST on Friday, Dec. 20. ** OMAHA (DTN) -- Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 12.0 million head on Dec. 1, 2...
20 Dec 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Zeeland, Michigan-based Boersen Farms asked a federal judge on Wednesday to allow it to sell three parcels of land and use the proceeds to pay creditors including a Utah-based equipment leasing company that the farm owes $33.2 million, according to a motion and brief filed in federal court. Boersen Farms leased more than 120 ...
20 Dec 2024
REDFIELD, Iowa (DTN) -- The Southern Plains states of Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas have seen varied pasture and rangeland conditions this year due to wildfire and drought in certain areas. "We had plenty of moisture early to get the grass growing, so we have a good hay crop," said Pawnee, Oklahoma, rancher Matt Fuss. "But by midsummer, the rain shut ...