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30 Dec 2024
WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Outgoing Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said there is too much focus on the farm bill when it comes to supporting all farmers and rural America overall. With 12 non-consecutive years in office starting in 2009, Vilsack will end his tenure as the second-longest serving agriculture secretary in history. In a wide-ranging interv...
30 Dec 2024
WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Former President Jimmy Carter, a Georgia peanut grower who became the 39th president, serving from 1977 to 1981, won praise from President Biden, Vice President Harris and agriculture leaders upon his death Sunday at age 100. Farming was always part of Carter's life story and background. He took over his parents' 360-acre farm i...
30 Dec 2024
Editor's Note: Each year DTN publishes our choices for the Top 10 ag news stories of the year as selected by DTN analysts, editors and reporters. This year, we're counting them down from Dec. 18 to Dec. 31. On Jan. 1, we will look at some of the runners-up for this year. Today, we continue the countdown with No. 2: Big crops and low prices drop cro...
29 Dec 2024
By DTN Staff OMAHA (DTN) -- Here are the Top 5 things the DTN Newsroom is tracking for the week of Dec. 29. Watch for coverage of these and other topics through the week on our subscription platforms as well as on www.DTNPF.com. Note that all report release times are Central Standard Time unless otherwise noted. 1. Holiday break, a new year: Once a...
27 Dec 2024
REDFIELD, Iowa (DTN) -- Pasture conditions in the Southeast U.S. have been variable throughout the second half of 2024, with some areas dealing with extreme drought conditions and others dealing with the leftover devastation of Hurricane Helene. "Next year will be better," said southwest Georgia cattleman Phil Moshell. "Isn't that what we always sa...