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6 Feb 2017
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- The White House is urging the Senate to confirm Sonny Perdue, President Donald Trump's nominee for agriculture secretary, before Congress leaves for the week-long Presidents Day break this month, a Trump transition team source told DTN on Friday. Presidents Day is Monday, Feb. 20, bu...
6 Feb 2017
By Virginia H. HarrisProgressive Farmer Associate Editor NASHVILLE, Tenn. (DTN) -- The mood was palpably thrilled about the majority of policy expectations at the Cattle Industry Convention this week. On Thursday, officers, lobbyists and attorneys for the National Cattlemen's Beef Association gave updates on their expectations for the new administ...
6 Feb 2017
By Victoria G. MyersProgressive Farmer Senior Editor NASHVILLE, Tenn. (DTN) -- There were no big surprises in this year's annual CattleFax report and projection for the 2017 cattle market. The market discussion is always a major draw at the annual meeting of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association in Nashville, Tennessee. To sum things up, all ...
3 Feb 2017
By Victoria G. MyersProgressive Farmer Senior Editor NASHVILLE, Tenn. (DTN) -- As an expected record-setting crowd settled in for the 2017 Cattle Industry Convention and trade show here this week, early interest focused on a massive merger in the animal health world between Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica Inc. and Merial culminated in a new company...
3 Feb 2017
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Scott Pruitt will move to the full Senate for a vote as the next administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, after the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Thursday voted 11-0 amid a Democratic boycott of the former Oklahoma attorney general. Republicans on the committee he...