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8 Aug 2016
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The Pacific Legal Foundation petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to repeal a regulation that applies the take provision of the Endangered Species Act to every threatened species listed, according to a 19-page petition filed late last week. In the petition brought on behalf of the Washington...
8 Aug 2016
By Victoria G. MyersProgressive Farmer Senior Editor Hoping to amend the nearly 100-year-old Packers and Stockyards Act (P&S), HR 5883 was introduced in the House of Representatives by David Rouzer, R-N.C., a member of the House Committee on Agriculture. The bill followed a nine-stop listening tour and meetings between ag groups and the Livestock ...
5 Aug 2016
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Livestock producers who are in need of additional pasture or hay in late September and October could use an August seeding of oats for some additional forage. This system can produce extra tons of forage, but the crop needs moisture during this time and also enough time to grow before the end of the gr...
5 Aug 2016
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst Concern over China's next move on the anti-dumping investigation against the U.S and weaker corn prices pushed DDG prices lower this week. The DTN average weekly spot price average fell $14 per ton since July 22 to $121 this week. Of the 36 Midwestern locations DTN collects spot prices from, all but one locati...
5 Aug 2016
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- In one of the flurry of report estimates leading up to next week's USDA crop production report, private analytical firm Informa Economics on Friday bumped up its forecasts for corn and soybean production. The forecasts for corn and soybeans are bearish, based on Informa's numbers, according to DT...