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24 Sep 2019
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- In mixed news for the plant-based food industry, the Impossible Burger will be sold in grocery stores, just as Tim Hortons, the Canadian coffee and doughnut chain, announced it is pulling the Beyond Meat burger from its outlets in all provinces except Ontario and British Columbia. The...
23 Sep 2019
By DTN Staff This article was originally posted at 2:02 p.m. CDT on Friday, Sept. 20. It was last updated at 2:44 p.m. CDT on Friday, Sept. 20. ** 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 11.0 million head on September 1, 2019. The inventory was ...
23 Sep 2019
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- With much of the Corn Belt facing a late-maturing, high-moisture crop, some farmers are already making plans to dry their grain this fall. That means they'll likely need to purchase propane -- if they haven't already -- to fuel their grain dryers. Late summer and early fall is the time many farmers lo...
23 Sep 2019
By Todd HultmanDTN Lead Analyst Each year that passes is a little different from the one before and often has its own lessons. From my perspective, the summer of 2019 will be remembered for tough financial conditions on the farm, emotions that ran high and three incidents that triggered anger in the country. For regular readers of this column, I do...
20 Sep 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor WASHINGTON (DTN) -- The House of Representatives easily passed a continuing resolution Thursday afternoon to keep the federal government operating until at least Nov. 21 and also ensuring commodity and trade-aid payments would go to farmers without delay. The House voted 301-123 on the short-term funding measur...