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18 Dec 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Talking to Iowa soybean farmers last week about the 2018 farm bill, Deputy Secretary Steve Censky briefly mentioned their new potential cash crop. "You guys are all hemp farmers now," Censky said to a mix of cheers and chuckles. "Great to see that in there (the farm bill)." Legal hemp is all the ...
17 Dec 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- USDA has imposed a $50,000 civil penalty against JBS USA Food Co., also known as Swift Beef Co., and required restitution to producers after JBS' plant in Grand Island, Nebraska, did not accurately track weights, grades and prices for cattle carcasses on accounts to sellers earlier this year. The...
17 Dec 2018
By Todd HultmanDTN Lead Analyst After many years spent working in and teaching about commodity markets, I don't ever recall equating my job to the way a country minister might talk to his congregation. Not until recently, that is, after an interesting experience at this year's DTN Ag Summit. The first time I ever read a commodity-related article th...
17 Dec 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- USDA has imposed a $50,000 civil penalty against JBS USA Food Co., also known as Swift Beef Co., and required restitution to producers after JBS' plant in Grand Island, Nebraska, did not accurately track weights, grades and prices for cattle carcasses on accounts to sellers earlier this year. The...
14 Dec 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- The 2018 farm bill that had divided the House last summer over food-aid issues ended up passing easily on Wednesday as Congress sent the legislation on to President Donald Trump for his signature. The bill, the Agricultural Act of 2018, passed 369 to 47 on Wednesday afternoon with 182 Republicans ...