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18 Apr 2024
WASHINGTON (DTN) -- While U.S. agriculture looks to boost its export sales globally, the European Union (EU) is launching a campaign to sell more of its high-end food and beverage products to the United States. European food and agricultural exporters maintain a strong positive trade balance with the U.S. -- more than $16.2 billion last year -- but...
18 Apr 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- Friday's April 1 USDA Cattle on Feed report isn't expected to ruffle the market's feathers and send the complex tumbling lower. However, it is unnerving to note the increase in total on-feed numbers amid weaker marketings as, seasonally, this can become problematic for the industry, as showlists naturally grow larger over the summer....
17 Apr 2024
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (DTN) -- Farmers and pesticide applicators grappling with how to comply with EPA's impending Herbicide Strategy learned this week that new requirements may not be as stringent or widespread as the agency initially proposed in its draft strategy released last summer. On Tuesday, EPA announced it had published an update regarding ...
17 Apr 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- Average retail prices for all eight fertilizers were up from last month in the second week of April 2024, according to sellers surveyed by DTN. This marks the third straight week retail prices for all fertilizers were higher. Despite the increases, though, only one fertilizer saw a significant price jump, which DTN designates as any...
16 Apr 2024
WASHINGTON (DTN) -- The chairman of the House Agriculture Committee expects to mark-up a farm bill in committee before the end of May and use a Biden administration move to boost SNAP spending to increase spending in other areas of the farm bill. Rep. Glenn "GT" Thompson, R-Pa., spoke Tuesday to members of North American Agricultural Journalists (N...