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19 Apr 2021
Springtime has many "opening days" when it comes to various events that were hibernating over the winter. We have already witnessed Major League Baseball's opening day on April 1, along with the first tow pushing barges through Lake Pepin on March 19 on its way to St. Paul, Minnesota, signaling the opening of the 2021 shipping season in the Upper M...
19 Apr 2021
This article was originally posted at 3:04 p.m. CDT on Monday, April 19. It was last updated at 3:38 p.m. CDT on Monday, April 19. ** OMAHA (DTN) -- Despite the return of more winterlike weather across parts of the country, U.S. farmers continued to plow ahead with corn and soybean planting last week, according to USDA NASS' weekly Crop Progress re...
16 Apr 2021
Prior to entering office, President Joe Biden issued a comprehensive labor plan. Within his plan was a call to enforce current laws against employers that misclassify employees as independent contractors. Further in the plan was an endorsement of California's law that establishes a new test for independent-contractor status. To put it in perspectiv...
16 Apr 2021
WASHINGTON (DTN) -- USDA announced this week that it will soon implement the Dairy Donation Program (DDP) as established in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack noted Wednesday at a House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee hearing that USDA would not continue the Families to Farmers Food Box Program st...
16 Apr 2021
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- When California voters approved Proposition 12 in November 2018, hog producers across the country were ready to adjust their operations to suit the law's pen-size requirements to ship to the state. The law takes effect in January 2022 and California regulators have yet to issue guidance rules on those requirements. The future...