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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...
22 Mar 2024
By DTN Staff This article was originally published at 2:04 p.m. CDT on Friday, March 22. It was last updated with additional information at 2:38 p.m. CDT on Friday, March 22. ** OMAHA (DTN) -- Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.8 million head on March 1...