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17 Oct 2022
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (DTN) -- Few people understand the Federal Milk Marketing Order, but the American Farm Bureau Federation brought together more than 100 dairy farmers, processors, cooperatives and trade groups over the weekend to look at ways to reform milk pricing and marketing policy. The running joke from participants going into the three-day fo...
14 Oct 2022
MT. JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- Commodity prices may be strong, but many of the factors behind them are born from the fires of chaos and uncertainty. The war between Russia and Ukraine has tightened global energy supplies, forcing the price of many farm inputs higher. Lingering supply chain impacts have made it harder to source parts and chemistry. Moth...
14 Oct 2022
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- With the fate of California's Proposition 12 in the hands of the Supreme Court, pork producers said earlier this week the future of many of their businesses is in the balance as well. The animal-welfare law is said to control the way hog producers farm outside the state of California if they want to export pork products to th...
14 Oct 2022
By Logan Garcia, Market Reporter -- Fertecon, Agribusiness Intelligence, IHS Markit September proved to be a somewhat subdued month in the U.S. for ammonia, phosphate and potash markets as harvest on the summer corn crop crept along behind the average pace of the previous five years, according to USDA. With a majority of 2022 Midwestern corn still ...
12 Oct 2022
Perhaps the biggest surprise in an otherwise dull October USDA World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report was soybeans seeing a sharp gain. However, the report slashed demand for corn, soybean and wheat to account for the slow pace of exports, ongoing river issues and the demand-dampening impact of global recession and high inter...