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7 Jan 2025
REDFIELD, Iowa (DTN) -- The Beagle Brigade Act of 2023 was signed into law by President Biden in late December 2024. The law will fund the National Detector Dog Training Center in Newnan, Georgia, helping keep foreign animal and plant diseases out of the U.S. The bipartisan legislation will support the training of a specialized group of canine unit...
7 Jan 2025
OMAHA (DTN) -- If, or when, President-elect Donald Trump imposes new tariffs on China, analysts at RaboResearch expect China will retaliate immediately and target commodities, especially soybeans. The impact of Chinese tariffs on American soybeans may be less severe than 2018-19 on United States producers, mainly because China has made itself less ...
6 Jan 2025
LAS VEGAS (DTN) -- John Deere on Monday revealed at CES 2025 here a second-generation autonomy platform for both new and existing tractors. Deere also put forward plans to expand its autonomy footprint to tractors used in orchards, articulated trucks used in quarries and mowers used to maintain commercial landscapes. "The pace of our autonomy solut...
6 Jan 2025
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- If it seems everyone you know is showing up to local ag land auctions, it should come as no surprise. A new report from Farmers National Company, one of the largest farm and ranch management and real estate companies in the country, said there are more potential buyers than sellers in the market. That lack of balance between ...
6 Jan 2025
OMAHA (DTN) -- Smithfield Foods on Monday filed documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to hold an initial public offering of shares on Nasdaq. Smithfield would trade common stock under the "SFD" ticker symbol. The timing, number of shares and price range for the proposed IPO have not been determined, Smithfield stated in a news...