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13 May 2022
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Didion Milling Inc. and six employees violated federal safety laws that lead to the deaths of five employees and 12 injuries in a 2017 explosion of the company's corn milling plant in Cambria, Wisconsin, according to a federal indictment announced by the Department of Justice on Friday. The indictment handed down by a federal...
13 May 2022
ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- With many planters still stalled by wet weather, some farmers are eying the calendar and wondering when and if they should switch to shorter-season corn hybrids or soybean varieties. For most, there is more time than they might expect, explained Brent Tharp, a technical product manager for Wyffels Hybrids. Most research sugg...
13 May 2022
ANKENY, Iowa (DTN) -- A rapid expansion of soybean crush capacity is underway in the United States to meet future soybean oil demand for renewable diesel. At least 14 new soy processing projects are in various stages of construction, expansion or development, according to recent company announcements. Altogether, about 450 million bushels (mb) of a...
12 May 2022
By Chris Clayton, DTN Ag Policy Editor, and Todd Neeley, DTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- A congressional report released Thursday spotlighted how executives at major meatpacking companies lobbied the Trump administration to require employees to work in spring 2020 when COVID-19 was causing packing plants to shut down due to sick or scared workers...
12 May 2022
The highlight of the May 12 USDA World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report turned out to be wheat, featuring a greater-than-expected drop in both U.S. and world stocks, sending all three wheat futures markets briefly up the daily limit, before setting back. Changes in the May WASDE soybean numbers were mostly neutral, with corn ...