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7 Jun 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- The Food and Drug Administration is now asking state, local and Tribal officials to stop the sale of raw, unpasteurized milk that could contain the H5N1 virus and increasing surveillance and testing of dairy herds that might sell raw milk. In an open letter posted Thursday, FDA officials elevated their concerns about raw milk. With s...
7 Jun 2024
MT. JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- Nebraska farmer Quentin Connealy put his crayons and field maps away for good last spring, and instead submitted crop insurance acreage planted reports electronically. This spring, he'll file his Farm Services Agency acreage reports that way, too. He spent an hour connecting his MyAgData account to his John Deere Operatio...
7 Jun 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- The Andersons, Inc. may soon take an ownership interest in Ulysses, Kansas-based Skyland Grain, LLC, as the companies announced on Thursday they signed a nonbinding letter of intent. Skyland operates grain storage and handling facilities at 50 locations in Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma and Texas. The company also operates three ...
6 Jun 2024
DES MOINES (DTN) -- Pork producers are expected to have a better year in 2024, but stresses such as fewer shackle spaces due to plant closures will prevent profits from being positive. Steve Meyer, lead economist for Ever.Ag, told attendees at the 2024 World Pork Expo here on Wednesday that while 2023 was the worst year in history for pork producti...
6 Jun 2024
MT. JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- Nebraska farmer Quentin Connealy put his crayons and field maps away for good last spring, and instead submitted crop insurance acreage planted reports electronically. This spring, he'll file his Farm Services Agency acreage reports that way, too. He spent an hour connecting his MyAgData account to his John Deere Operatio...