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10 Jun 2022
OMAHA (DTN) -- Lawmakers in two Midwestern states recently passed legislation aimed at helping small meat processors, which have seen demand for their products climb as more consumers want to know how their meat is raised and processed. Recent laws passed in Iowa created an education program to teach butchery and increase grant funding, while Nebra...
9 Jun 2022
USDA's June 10 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report will offer new supply and demand estimates in a world affected by drought, famine, war in Ukraine, rising energy prices and the threat of higher interest rates ahead. Up against big themes, USDA will offer its best estimates on Friday at 11 a.m. CDT. CORN Usually at this t...
8 Jun 2022
OMAHA (DTN) -- Agricultural groups on Wednesday gave their nod of approval to the long-awaited nomination for a new chief agricultural negotiator at the U.S. Trade Representative's Office (USTR). Doug McKalip, who has more than 29 years of service at USDA, currently is a senior adviser to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. McKalip works in policy a...
8 Jun 2022
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- A 13th right-to-repair class-action lawsuit has been filed against John Deere, making 10 such lawsuits now in the U.S. District Court for the District of Northern Illinois. Last week, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation consolidated nine of the cases in the Illinois court, including another new lawsuit filed o...
8 Jun 2022
OMAHA (DTN) -- The streak is broken. A majority of retail fertilizer prices are lower compared to last month, according to prices tracked by DTN for the last week of May 2022. This is the first time since the third week of November 2020 that most fertilizers are lower. Six fertilizers' prices were lower compared to last month, but as we have seen i...