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2 Jul 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- The wetlands case of South Dakota farmer Arlen Foster will be heard again by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted Foster's petition for a rehearing after overturning the so-called Chevron doctrine last week. The Eighth Circuit had upheld the decision of a federal judge in the ...
2 Jul 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- As significant as the Supreme Court's overturning of so-called Chevron deference may be to federal agencies and their ability to interpret federal statutes, the court's June 28 ruling could affect a limited number of farmers and ranchers. Courts will no longer be able to defer to an agency interpretation of the law because a ...
2 Jul 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- Deere & Co. on Monday posted it would lay off as many as 813 workers from its plants in Illinois and Iowa. Deere reported to the Illinois Worker Adjustment Retraining and Notification (WARN) website that 503 workers would be laid off at its plant in East Moline, Illinois, starting as early as Sept. 20. The Iowa WARN website also show...
2 Jul 2024
MT. JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- Farmers have nearly 37% more corn in on-farm storage as of June 1 than the year before, relying on their enhanced storage capacity as profitable prices remain elusive. On June 28, USDA said national corn stockpiles stood at 4.99 billion bushels (bb), 22% more than in June 2023. Of that, 3.03 bb are stored on farms, while ...
1 Jul 2024
This article was originally published at 3:05 p.m. CDT on Monday, July 1. It was last updated with additional information at 3:38 p.m. CDT on Monday, July 1. ** OMAHA (DTN) -- Corn conditions fell for the fourth consecutive week last week, USDA NASS reported in its weekly Crop Progress on Monday. The crop's good-to-excellent rating has now dropped ...