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24 Jun 2020
By Jessica Wesson, DTN Intern FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (DTN) -- The following are highlights from weekly crop progress and condition reports issued by National Ag Statistics Service offices in individual states for the week ended June 21.To view the full reports from each state, visit http://www.nass.usda.gov/…. For more on this week's national USDA Crop...
24 Jun 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- The new Navigable Waters Protection Rule, largely supported by agriculture and other industries, will not take effect in Colorado after a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction last Friday.Yet, a federal judge in California rejected a request by environmental groups for a preliminary injunction against the rule that took effec...
23 Jun 2020
It was a rough spring for many farmers in North Dakota after a crippling blizzard affected central and eastern North Dakota and the Red River Valley from Thursday, Oct. 10, to Saturday, Oct. 12, right in the middle of corn harvest. The winter started early and continued to be unkind to that area and northwest Minnesota into April 2020, with the sno...
23 Jun 2020
WASHINGTON (DTN) -- The top priority for Congress in dealing with food and agriculture in the time of COVID-19 should be to increase the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit levels, former Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said on Friday during a webinar sponsored by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine B...
22 Jun 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- Of the 40 locations DTN contacted that showed offers for domestic distillers dried grains (DDG) for the week ended June 18, posted offers were mixed and averaged $134 per ton, down $2 versus the prior week.Wednesday's Energy Information Administration ethanol report noted that stocks were drawn down for an eighth straight week during...