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5 Aug 2022
OMAHA (DTN) -- A USDA survey of farm real estate values shows the average farm increased in value by 12.4% nationally over the past year, with Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska showing the highest growth in farmland values. USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service released the survey on farmland values Friday. The report looks at all farm real estat...
5 Aug 2022
DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- Oh snap! Another storm tore through Kevin Harsch's Nebraska cornfields in late July -- breaking off an estimated 10% of the stalks. Adding insult to injury, the field had already been replanted due to an earlier wind and hail event. Several factors influence the occurrence and severity of greensnap -- the condition where stro...
5 Aug 2022
OMAHA (DTN) -- As the U.S. Senate could move toward a possible Saturday vote on a major climate bill, some in agriculture see opportunities in tax credits, renewable energy programs and USDA conservation programs to expand climate-smart agriculture. The White House has ramped up its messaging over the Inflation Reduction Act. Republicans in the Sen...
4 Aug 2022
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- A veterinarian told the Supreme Court in a brief filed on Thursday that the pork industry already has in place systems to allow producers across the country to easily comply with California's Proposition 12. In briefs filed ahead of oral arguments before the court on Oct. 11, the National Pork Producers Council and others hav...
4 Aug 2022
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- With the ongoing battle for ethanol producers to secure shipping containers, the largest ethanol producer in the U.S. announced the acquisition of one of the largest rail-to-container terminals in the Southeast. Sioux Falls, South Dakota-based Poet LLC has acquired Savannah, Georgia-based Savannah Marine Terminal, according t...