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24 May 2024
Editor's Note: Throughout May, DTN/Progressive Farmer's special series "Mental Health Hope & Help" is exploring the unique mental health challenges people in rural America face, highlighting efforts to overcome stigma and looking at ways farmers and ranchers can manage their mental wellness. This is the ninth story in the series. ** Normally, when ...
24 May 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- The House Agriculture Committee early Friday morning advanced a farm bill after pushing back on Democratic efforts to halt cuts to nutrition and changes to conservation programs. The bill, HR 8467, the $1.5 trillion "Farm, Food and National Security Act of 2024," passed out of committee on a 33-21 vote with four Democrats joining 29 ...
23 May 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- Members of the House Agriculture Committee drew their lines in the sand Thursday on a new farm bill as Republicans praised the legislation for boosting support for farmers while Democrats opposed the bill over cuts to food aid and the funding used to pay for an improved farmer safety net. The 54-member committee kicked off the marath...
23 May 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Lexington, Oregon, farmers Jake and Lara Neiffer say a new state law requiring concentrated animal feeding operations to have water permits wasn't designed with small farms in mind. The law passed by the Oregon State Legislature, SB85, and signed into law by Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek in July 2023, requires CAFOs to obtain wa...
23 May 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- Friday's May 1 Cattle on Feed report will be one worth combing through as the report is expected to differ from months past with total on-feed numbers potentially lighter than a year ago and marketings up dramatically. The cash cattle market has traded anywhere from 83,000 to 93,000 head in each of the last four weeks, which aligns w...