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23 May 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- Friday's May 1 Cattle on Feed report will be one worth combing through as the report is expected to differ from months past with total on-feed numbers potentially lighter than a year ago and marketings up dramatically. The cash cattle market has traded anywhere from 83,000 to 93,000 head in each of the last four weeks, which aligns w...
22 May 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- While the House draft farm bill loads up on the farm safety net, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said the bill "overpromises" farmers while also forcing a "crack in the coalition" that normally passes a farm bill. The House Agriculture Committee is set Thursday to markup and vote on the bill drafted by Chairman Glenn "GT" Thompson,...
22 May 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- Average retail prices for most fertilizers were lower during the second week of May 2024, according to sellers surveyed by DTN. This was the second week in a row that most fertilizer prices were lower. Also, like last week, the price of just one fertilizer saw a significant move, which DTN designates as anything 5% or more. That was ...
22 May 2024
Editor's Note: Throughout May, DTN/Progressive Farmer's special series "Mental Health Hope & Help" is exploring the unique mental health challenges people in rural America face, highlighting efforts to overcome stigma and looking at ways farmers and ranchers can manage their mental wellness. This is the eighth story in the series. ** Preventing sui...
21 May 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- Government spending on farm commodities would increase an estimated 77% over 10 years under the House-proposed farm bill. But the bill also would "magnify existing disparities" in payments per acre. Under the House Agriculture Committee draft bill, base acre payments over a six-year period would go up 36% for corn, 80% for soybeans a...