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22 Dec 2023
OMAHA (DTN) -- The latest border crisis for agriculture ended Friday when U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced the reopening of two international crossings for railroads between Texas and Mexico. The announcement ends five days of drama that led to members of Congress suggesting the decision to close the border was punishing Midwest farmers...
22 Dec 2023
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- The state of Massachusetts asked a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the state's animal welfare law, saying in a motion this week that the plaintiff food companies have proven no harm from complying with the law. The Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act came about after Massachusetts voters supported the 2016 ba...
22 Dec 2023
As 2023 comes to an end, Progressive Farmer's Cornerstones page in the December issue features an archive photo taken by John McKinney. As far as I'm concerned, the image reflects the time and patience of a photographic saint. I try to imagine what it was like that day and how hectic it had to be getting a cattle producer dressed up like Santa, a n...
22 Dec 2023
By DTN Staff This article was originally published at 2:05 p.m. CST on Friday, Dec. 22. It was last updated with additional information at 2:41 p.m. CST on Friday, Dec. 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 12.0 million head on Dec. 1, 2...
22 Dec 2023
Editor's Note: Each year DTN publishes our choices for the Top 10 ag news stories of the year as selected by DTN analysts, editors and reporters. This year, we're counting them down from Dec. 18 to Dec. 29. On Dec. 31, we will look at some of the runners-up for this year. Today, we continue the countdown with No. 6: Despite high cattle prices, cow-...