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5 Jul 2024
By DTN Staff COLUMBIA, Mo. (DTN) -- The usual Friday afternoon update of the DTN Six Factors Strategies will be Monday, July 8, due to market report delays caused by the Independence Day markets holiday. DTN's proprietary look at the current and future commodity markets uses six market signals (trend, volatility, noncommercial outlook, commercial o...
5 Jul 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- The nation's first federal safety for excessive heat would lead to more safety inspections on more than 105,000 farms and related agribusinesses, affecting nearly 1.14 million farm and agricultural processing workers. In agriculture, the biggest impact would fall on meatpackers, dairy processors and fruit and vegetable farmers. The O...
3 Jul 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- A cottage industry run by nongovernmental organizations to sue federal agencies, including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, may be getting much larger after the Supreme Court on Monday issued a ruling in what seemed to be an otherwise obscure case. The court reversed a previously well-settled precedent that the six-y...
3 Jul 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- A group of 157 Republican senators and representatives asked U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan to withdraw a heavy-duty truck emissions rule that calls for electrification of the U.S. fleet, telling the administrator in a letter on Tuesday the rule will be costly to farmers. The Biden administra...
3 Jul 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- Average retail prices for all eight fertilizers were down from last month during the fourth week of June 2024, according to sellers surveyed by DTN. Two fertilizers had substantial price drops from last month, which DTN designates as anything 5% or more. Anhydrous was 7% less expensive compared to last month with an average retail pr...