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14 Nov 2024
Beef producers can now get more than a Big Mac from McDonald's. The fast-food giant announced on Thursday a collaboration with Syngenta and one of its protein suppliers, Lopez Feeds, that will incentivize cattlemen in the U.S. to use Enogen corn in their feed rations. In return, this collaboration will pay producers 4 cents per head per day on feed...
14 Nov 2024
MILWAUKEE (DTN) -- The president of the American Farm Bureau Federation told bankers on Wednesday that farm groups would push for a disaster relief and economic package as a higher priority in the lame-duck session of Congress than passing a farm bill. Zippy Duvall, a Georgia farmer, spoke to the American Bankers Association's annual Agricultural B...
14 Nov 2024
By Todd Neeley, DTN Environmental Editor, and Chris Clayton, DTN Ag Policy Editor LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- The Illinois Farm Bureau sued the American Farm Bureau Federation on Wednesday after the national group voted to oust the Illinois chapter and its 70,000 farmer members. The lawsuit seeks to halt the AFBF's decision, which takes effect on Dec. 2...
13 Nov 2024
By Todd Neeley, DTN Environmental Editor, and Chris Clayton, DTN Ag Policy Editor LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- The Illinois Farm Bureau sued the American Farm Bureau Federation on Wednesday after the national group voted to oust the Illinois chapter and its 70,000 farmer members. The lawsuit seeks to halt the AFBF's decision, which takes effect on Dec. 2...
13 Nov 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- Average retail prices of most fertilizers continued to move higher during the first week of November 2024, according to sellers surveyed by DTN. Prices for seven of the eight major fertilizers were up from last month, while the price of the eighth was down slightly. But once again, no fertilizer had a significant price increase or de...