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6 Dec 2024
REDFIELD, Iowa (DTN) -- Due to the continuing spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 in dairy cattle across the country since it was first detected in March 2024, USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced the start of its National Milk Testing Strategy (NMTS). Today's federal order requires raw milk samples natio...
6 Dec 2024
REDFIELD, Iowa (DTN) -- The ongoing drought in many Western states has led some cattle producers to start cutting back on their herd. Central Wyoming cow-calf producer Robert Pingetzer says their ranch can't take another year of drought. "We live in the upper desert in central Wyoming. We use rotational grazing to allow for more grass regrowth. We ...
6 Dec 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- While agriculture and biofuels groups are trying to get a handle on where Lee Zeldin stands on biofuels, Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., said on Wednesday the former New York congressman told him he changed his anti-biofuels views from his time in the U.S. House of Representatives. Ricketts said during a press briefing that he ca...
6 Dec 2024
GENERAL COMMENTS: USDA does not adjust U.S. production figures in the December report, instead taking the opportunity to focus on the demand side of the balance sheet, which went largely ignored in the November report, much to the frustration of traders. The December WASDE report also offers slightly more confidence in the accuracy of USDA's estim...
5 Dec 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- The ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee on Thursday called out the conservative House Freedom Caucus for opposing disaster aid in the final days of Congress. The House Freedom Caucus, a bloc of roughly 40 GOP members, released a statement late Wednesday opposing an unpaid disaster supplemental bill saying it would fund ...