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18 Dec 2023
Editor's Note: Each year DTN publishes our selections 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 start the countdown with No. 10, looking at how Livestock Reve...
18 Dec 2023
OMAHA (DTN) -- Some farm groups see gains within the Biden administration over competition and fair practices with poultry and livestock. Still, they are asking the White House and USDA to pick up the pace when it comes to writing new rules for the Packers and Stockyards Act. Meanwhile, an antitrust attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ...
17 Dec 2023
By DTN Staff OMAHA (DTN) -- Here are the Top 5 things the DTN Newsroom is tracking for the week of Dec. 17. Watch for coverage of these and other topics through the week on our subscription platforms as well as on www.DTNPF.com. All times listed below are in Central Standard Time (CST) unless otherwise mentioned. 1. Cattle prices and LRP: The conve...
16 Dec 2023
In much of the country, it's a little hard to think that it's mid-December. I'm in the center of the Midwest, and during a quick Christmas-buying run I saw fellow shoppers in shorts, slogan T-shirts, I think I even heard a pair of flip-flops against the hard tile floor of the local mall. But mild weather aside, 'tis the season. And that means it's ...
15 Dec 2023
OMAHA (DTN) -- The Securities and Exchange Commission has frozen the assets of a Texas-based cattle marketing company, alleging the company fraudulently sold securities in "cattle contracts" as a $191 million Ponzi scheme that would "soon implode." The company, Agridime LLC out of Fort Worth, Texas, is now under a court-ordered receivership under ...