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6 Jan 2025
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Riverview Farms will move forward with the construction of a $90 million, 12,500-head dairy south of Fargo, North Dakota, in Richland County, after the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality issued a state animal feeding operation permit late last week. The number of dairies has been on a steady decline in North Dak...
5 Jan 2025
By DTN Staff OMAHA (DTN) -- Here are the Top 5 things the DTN Newsroom is tracking for the week of Jan. 5. Watch for coverage of these and other topics through the week on our subscription platforms as well as on www.DTNPF.com. Note that all report release times are Central Standard Time unless otherwise noted. 1. January WASDE: The much-anticipate...
3 Jan 2025
OMAHA (DTN) -- The Biden administration on Friday announced it would award $306 million more to address avian influenza cases in humans, especially livestock workers. The funding comes as the Biden administration has drawn criticism for its efforts to control the H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza in both poultry and dairy cows. The New York Ti...
3 Jan 2025
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- CHS Inc. closed a multi-million-dollar deal on Thursday, Jan. 2, to acquire West Central Ag Services, based in Ulen, Minnesota. CHS announced in a news release that all employees of the now CHS West Central would continue with the company. In addition, CHS said in the news release that a 50-50 joint venture called Central Pla...
2 Jan 2025
OMAHA (DTN) -- Average retail fertilizer prices continued mixed during the fourth week of December 2024, according to sellers surveyed by DTN. Prices for five of the eight major fertilizers were higher, while prices for the remaining three were lower. As has been the case in recent months, no fertilizer had a sizeable price increase or decline, whi...