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22 Mar 2024
BOGOTA, Colombia -- The Colombian government is expected to investigate U.S. corn subsidies, which could lead to the imposition of countervailing duties on the $1 billion annual U.S. corn sales here, Colombian agribusiness officials have told DTN. At $1.14 billion in 2023, Colombia is the fourth-biggest destination for U.S. corn exports, following ...
22 Mar 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Easterday Ranches in eastern Washington was paid for beef sold in Japan and rancher Cody Easterday had no valid contract with Tyson Fresh Meats to also be paid individually for the use of his image and likeness on Japanese meat labels, attorneys for Tyson said in a brief filed in a federal appellate court this week. In Januar...
21 Mar 2024
Model forecasts have changed dramatically this week and are now signaling heavy rain for central Brazil and most of its safrinha (second-season) corn crop. As I wrote last week, https://www.dtnpf.com/…, soil moisture across most of Brazil's safrinha corn areas are adequate for now, but low compared to normal, and there isn't enough to last through ...
21 Mar 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- Friday's March 1 USDA Cattle on Feed report is again highly anticipated by market participants, as there are varying opinions on where exactly February's placements will land. The report will likely have a bearish effect on the market, as traders only seem willing to acknowledge whether the report's data is higher or lower than a yea...
21 Mar 2024
REDFIELD, Iowa (DTN) -- A researcher at Louisiana State University (LSU) has developed a new vaccine to fight the No. 1 disease causing fatalities in cattle -- bovine respiratory disease (BRD). BRD can kill up to 8 million calves each year, costing the U.S. cattle industry more than $1 billion. LSU professor of veterinary medicine Shafiqul Chowdhur...