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3 Jan 2025
OMAHA (DTN) -- The Biden administration on Friday announced it would award $306 million more to address avian influenza cases in humans, especially livestock workers. The funding comes as the Biden administration has drawn criticism for its efforts to control the H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza in both poultry and dairy cows. The New York Ti...
3 Jan 2025
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- CHS Inc. closed a multi-million-dollar deal on Thursday, Jan. 2, to acquire West Central Ag Services, based in Ulen, Minnesota. CHS announced in a news release that all employees of the now CHS West Central would continue with the company. In addition, CHS said in the news release that a 50-50 joint venture called Central Pla...
2 Jan 2025
OMAHA (DTN) -- Average retail fertilizer prices continued mixed during the fourth week of December 2024, according to sellers surveyed by DTN. Prices for five of the eight major fertilizers were higher, while prices for the remaining three were lower. As has been the case in recent months, no fertilizer had a sizeable price increase or decline, whi...
31 Dec 2024
By DTN Staff OMAHA (DTN) -- From labor unrest on both sides of the U.S.-Canada border to record-high prices in the cattle market, more extreme weather events, the detection of H5N1 in dairy cattle for the first time, a presidential election filled with numerous twists and turns, and Congress failing to pass a new farm bill yet again, 2024 was anoth...
31 Dec 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- An Archer Daniels Midland shareholder is calling for the company's CEO Juan Luciano to be removed in light of accounting problems reported by the company including Luciano's alleged lack of action to stem company losses as a result. About one year ago ADM announced it was reviewing internal accounting practices and suspended ...