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31 Dec 2024
By DTN Staff OMAHA (DTN) -- From labor unrest on both sides of the U.S.-Canada border to record-high prices in the cattle market, more extreme weather events, the detection of H5N1 in dairy cattle for the first time, a presidential election filled with numerous twists and turns, and Congress failing to pass a new farm bill yet again, 2024 was anoth...
31 Dec 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- An Archer Daniels Midland shareholder is calling for the company's CEO Juan Luciano to be removed in light of accounting problems reported by the company including Luciano's alleged lack of action to stem company losses as a result. About one year ago ADM announced it was reviewing internal accounting practices and suspended ...
31 Dec 2024
WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has a small anecdote to share for the incoming Trump administration's plans to cut as much as $2 trillion from the federal budget. Watch how Congress actually responds to the spending cuts. Vilsack talked about budget challenges in an interview with DTN earlier this month. The secretary will end...
31 Dec 2024
Editor's Note: Each year DTN publishes our choices for the Top 10 ag news stories of the year as selected by DTN analysts, editors and reporters. This year, we've counted them down from Dec. 18 to Dec. 31. On Jan. 1, we will look at some of the runners-up for this year. Today, we announce the No. 1 story of 2024: Congress failed to pass a new farm ...
30 Dec 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced Monday plans to establish a national voluntary livestock improvement program, with plans to launch a public-comment period starting Dec. 31 and running through the end of January. USDA said in a news release that the program would be designed to safeguard, im...