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3 Nov 2024
By DTN Staff OMAHA (DTN) -- Here are the Top 5 things the DTN Newsroom is tracking for the week of Nov. 3. Watch for coverage of these and other topics through the week on our subscription platforms as well as on www.DTNPF.com. Note that all report release times are Central Standard Time unless otherwise noted. 1. WASDE Friday: An important harvest...
1 Nov 2024
REDFIELD, Iowa (DTN) -- Protecting the country's swine herd is at top of mind after a case of H5N1 influenza was found in a pig in Oregon. Three pigs on an Oregon farm were tested following confirmation of highly pathogenic avian influenza in the poultry flock on that farm last week. The strain is consistent with that of migratory wild birds. Andre...
1 Nov 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- Something resonated with Dr. Bill Releford as he stepped onto the Bloom Ranch of Acton, California, and relished the beauty of the old peach, apple and pear trees surrounding him one year ago. Bloom Ranch, nestled in the fertile heartland of California in Los Angeles County, spans nearly 250 acres, rooted in the pioneering spirit of ...
1 Nov 2024
By DTN Staff OMAHA (DTN) -- The average daily close of the December corn futures contract was $4.16 during October, while the November soybean contract was $10.03 per bushel. The averages are an important piece of price discovery that underpins many crop insurance policies, which use the higher of either the harvest price or the spring projected pr...
1 Nov 2024
DES MOINES, Iowa (DTN) -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is defending USDA's oversight of its loan guarantees and grants to small- and mid-sized processors after Republican lawmakers this week demanded accountability for $45.6 million provided to an Iowa broiler processor that shut down and forced the state of Iowa to cull 1.3 million healthy ch...