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27 Jun 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- A pair of Illinois members of the U.S. House of Representatives have written U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to raise concerns about Chinese-owned COFCO taking full ownership of a grain terminal on the Mississippi River. COFCO International Ltd. and Illinois-based Growmark Inc. on Thursday completed a deal announced last week in...
27 Jun 2024
This article was originally posted at 9:54 a.m. CDT on Thursday, June 27. It was updated at 10:40 a.m. CDT on Thursday, June 27, with comments from USDA clarifying eligibility requirements for H5N1 aid. ** OMAHA (DTN) -- USDA will now pay dairy farmers for lost milk production if their herds have been infected with H5N1 highly pathogenic avian infl...
27 Jun 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- A lawsuit that tries to force one of the largest feedlots in the country to seek federal pollution discharge permits and to stop discharging manure and other waste into the Snake River will be allowed to continue after a federal judge in Idaho denied a motion by J.R. Simplot to dismiss the case. The 150,000-head feedlot in Gr...
26 Jun 2024
TEKAMAH, Neb. (DTN) -- Communities in western Iowa were in the midst of cleanup on Wednesday from devastating flash floods that hit during the weekend because of heavy rains while some farmers on the Missouri River bottoms could only watch the waters continue to take over their fields. For the most part, levees along key tributaries to the Lower Mi...
26 Jun 2024
REDFIELD, Iowa (DTN) -- Inflation is leading American consumers to look for ways to save money on meat and other ingredients that make up the traditional summer BBQ, yet they are still willing to pay for an experience that leads to good memories for their families, according to experts from Rabobank. Inflation over a prolonged period has led to his...