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25 Mar 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- USDA and other federal agencies on Monday confirmed that an unknown number of dairy cattle in Texas and Kansas dairy farms have become sick with highly pathogenic avian influenza. During the past two years, highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has led to infections and depopulation of more than 115 million chickens and turkeys in...
25 Mar 2024
WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Nick Oomen, who grows about 2,000 acres of fruits and vegetables near Hart, Michigan, was among the farmers the American Farm Bureau Federation flew into Washington last week to meet with lawmakers about agricultural labor needs and pressures. Farmers are frustrated over how the U.S. Department of Labor comes up with numbers for...
25 Mar 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- California consumers are paying higher pork prices than the rest of the country following the full implementation of the state's animal welfare law Proposition 12 on Jan. 1, 2024. This is according to a new analysis conducted by USDA economists on behalf of the Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics at the University o...
24 Mar 2024
By DTN Staff OMAHA (DTN) -- Here are the Top 5 things the DTN Newsroom is tracking for the week of March 24. Watch for coverage of these and other topics through the week on our subscription platforms as well as on www.DTNPF.com. Note that all webinar and report release times are Central Daylight Time (CDT) unless otherwise noted. 1. March USDA rep...
24 Mar 2024
Heavy snow is expected across the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest on Sunday through Tuesday, March 24-26, with the heaviest snow falling on March 24. By Saturday night, the National Weather Issue already had issued winter storm warnings and other winter advisories and watches from Montana to Wisconsin and into Nebraska. The quickly deepening stor...