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16 Jun 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- A federal judge Friday ruled North Carolina's so-called "ag-gag" law is unconstitutional, in yet another loss for laws across the country designed to prevent animal-rights groups from conducting undercover investigations of livestock operations.A number of animal-rights groups, including People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, o...
16 Jun 2020
This article was originally posted at 3:11 p.m. CDT on Monday, June 15. It was last updated at 4:11 p.m. CDT on Monday, June 15.**OMAHA (DTN) -- Corn planting in much of the U.S. had wrapped up by the end of last week, while the condition of the portion of the crop that had emerged fell, USDA NASS said in its weekly Crop Progress report on Monday.N...
15 Jun 2020
On Thursday, USDA released its latest supply and demand estimates for June, and as expected, most of the changes were minor tweaks. A 50 million bushel (mb) reduction in ethanol demand for corn and a 25 mb cut in soybean exports showed up, as expected.The slightly bullish surprise of the day was a lower-than-expected 395 mb estimate of U.S. ending ...
15 Jun 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds this week signed into law what appears to be the third version of a so-called "ag-gag" law as the state continues to fight in court for its second version of the law.The Iowa General Assembly passed a bill earlier this month that was signed by the governor on June 10, aimed at stopping undercover animal rights ...
15 Jun 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- Agriculture, petroleum and other interests will be allowed to intervene in a lawsuit challenging the new Navigable Waters Protection Rule, a federal court ruled on Thursday.The U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina granted the motion to intervene, filed by the American Farm Bureau Federation, American Petroleum Insti...