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24 Feb 2023
ARLINGTON, Va. (DTN) -- The agriculture commissioner for the European Union thanked U.S. farmers on Friday for "stepping up on food security" as he stressed the need to halt Russia in Ukraine and prevent the year-old war from escalating further into eastern Europe. Janusz Wojciechowski, who has been the EU agricultural commissioner since 2019, part...
21 Feb 2023
OMAHA (DTN) -- The downward trend in retail fertilizer prices continues, according to data tracked by DTN for the second full week of February 2023. This trend has been since the last week of December 2022. All eight of the major fertilizer prices are lower compared to last month. Only two, however, show considerable price declines compared to last...
17 Feb 2023
OMAHA (DTN) -- The fertilizer industry has made progress in improving the sustainability of its operations, according to a new report released by The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) on Thursday. Data has been collected since 2013 on metrics that provide insight into the fertilizer industry's efforts to improve itself, according to a TFI news release. Th...
16 Feb 2023
OMAHA (DTN) -- USDA will invest $63 million in high-speed internet to rural areas in four states, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Thursday. Rural residents in Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota and Mississippi will be connected to high-speed internet as part of the $65 billion Infrastructure Law, which aims to bring reliable internet to all communi...
15 Feb 2023
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- An Iowa livestock company and four managers were sentenced in federal court for their roles in a scheme that led to at least $3 million in losses for hog farmers, caused by downgrading animal weights and quality classifications at buying stations across the Midwest. Lynch Family Companies, Inc., Waucoma, Iowa, pled guilty las...