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13 Dec 2024
REDFIELD, Iowa (DTN) -- Keeping New World screwworm (NWS) out of the U.S. is a priority for the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). They announced $165 million in emergency funding has been secured from the Commodity Credit Corporation to protect the country's livestock and other anim...
13 Dec 2024
This article was originally published at 3:56 p.m. CST on Wednesday, Dec. 11. It was last updated with additional information at 11:04 a.m. CST on Friday, Dec. 13. ** WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Nearly $10 billion in immediate economic aid to farmers could be lost because House Republican leaders oppose how Democrats came up with the money for the aid. Lea...
13 Dec 2024
WASHINGTON (DTN) -- An analysis conducted earlier this year by USDA's Economic Research Service showed farmers would see their tax obligations grow by $8.9 billion if the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) is not extended. The analysis was part of a webinar on Thursday hosted by the Farm Foundation. "Right now, farmers can ill afford any further hits to ...
12 Dec 2024
This article was originally posted at 1:05 p.m. CST on Wednesday, Dec. 11. It was updated at 12:44 p.m. CST on Thursday, Dec. 12, with new figures from NCGA. ** DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- David Hula's reign as a corn yield winner continues, and it is a story of resiliency. Although the Charles City, Virginia, farmer faced some tough weather scenarios t...
12 Dec 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- The state of Arizona sued a Saudi-owned company on Wednesday, alleging Fondomonte Arizona, LLC, violated state nuisance laws by "excessive" groundwater pumping at its dairy operation in western Arizona. The dairy owned by Almarai Company reportedly has stopped pumping groundwater and has moved out of the state, according to t...