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21 Jul 2024
DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- This time of year, flax shimmers in Dan Lakey's Idaho farm fields like a pristine lake with mountains as a backdrop. Yellow canola fields are just on the verge of losing their near neon brilliance as pods begin to fill. It is nature's palette at its finest. But this year, Lakey is trying to concentrate on the long views of th...
21 Jul 2024
By DTN Staff OMAHA (DTN) -- Here are the Top 5 things the DTN Newsroom is tracking for the week of July 21. 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 Daylight Time (CDT) unless otherwise noted. 1. Policy stagnation has real ...
19 Jul 2024
By DTN Staff This article was originally published at 2:03 p.m. CDT on Friday, July 19. It was last updated with additional information at 2:49 p.m. CDT on Friday, July 19. ** OMAHA (DTN) -- Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.3 million head on July 1, 2...
18 Jul 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Four national agriculture interest groups sent a letter to U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday asking the Biden administration to reconsider guidance on sustainable aviation fuel tax credits and to include a domestic-feedstock requirement in upcoming guidance on the 45Z Clean Fuel Production tax credit. The IRS ...
18 Jul 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- Once again, the big-hitting data point in Friday's July 1 USDA Cattle on Feed report will be placements, given that last month's placements were up 4%. If last month's data is accurate, then we should see a reduction in the June placement data. But given that analysts' pre-report estimates fall anywhere from 89.9% to 100.7% compared ...