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29 Jul 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- As meatpacking and poultry plants have been forced to remain open during the COVID-19 pandemic, a USDA waiver program implemented in 2018 allowing poultry plants to operate at higher line speeds is putting workers in jeopardy, a new lawsuit filed in federal appeals court Tuesday alleges.In 2014, FSIS adopted a regulation limiting lin...
29 Jul 2020
Cattle producers from one end of the country to the other are convinced their markets were long-ago hijacked by the "Big Four." Namely, they blame Cargill, JBS, National Beef and Tyson -- who collectively control more than 80% of the U.S. slaughter market for beef -- for pricing inequities.Confidentiality agreements these buyers operate under are a...
28 Jul 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- A trial to determine whether some Missouri River basin farmers will be compensated by the federal government for repeated flooding in the past decade is in the second week of an expected three-week run before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.The case, Ideker Farms v the United States continued on Monday, focused on the possible hundr...
28 Jul 2020
DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- Several state agriculture departments have issued alerts regarding unsolicited packages containing seeds arriving in the mail from China.The Washington State Department of Agriculture issued a statement noting the packages appear to have come from Chinese origin and contain packages of seeds, although the contents may be desc...
28 Jul 2020
As harvest time approaches for the United States spring wheat and durum crops, domestic and international customers are anxious to get the latest crop information. Because the 2020 Wheat Quality Council's Annual Spring Wheat Tour will not be a "hands on" event this year due to COVID-19, many in the industry will miss the opportunity to see the crop...