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14 Oct 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- Farmers could face challenges getting in their orders for John Deere equipment as the tractor giant's union workers agreed at midnight Wednesday to go on strike. United Auto Workers International issued a statement that John Deere members went on strike at midnight after talks with Deere & Co., at Moline, Illinois, had failed to reac...
13 Oct 2021
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Kansas farmers will have access to the state's third soybean-crushing facility starting in 2024, as Kansas City, Missouri-based Bartlett announced on Tuesday plans to begin construction on a plant in Montgomery County. Currently there are just two soybean crushing plants in Kansas, including one operated by Cargill Inc., in W...
13 Oct 2021
DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- Ryan Wieck isn't one to let the dust settle if he can help it. Regular cleaning of harvest equipment is a routine he can't afford to ignore, especially this year. "We keep an industrial portable high-pressure air hose mounted on the field fuel truck just in case debris starts building up during operations. Fire is always a ri...
13 Oct 2021
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Attorneys for USDA are expected to file a motion to dismiss a wetlands lawsuit brought by Minor County, South Dakota, farmer Arlen Foster, according to a discovery document filed in federal court. A USDA motion to dismiss the case is expected to be filed by Nov. 8. Back in May, Foster filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Cour...
12 Oct 2021
This article was originally posted at 3:05 p.m. CDT on Tuesday, Oct. 12. It was last updated at 3:43 p.m. CDT on Tuesday, Oct. 12. ** OMAHA (DTN) -- Farmers made good headway harvesting their corn and soybeans last week, pushing harvest progress for both crops to near the halfway point by Sunday, Oct. 10, USDA NASS said in its weekly national Crop ...