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Secretary Naig applauds 8th Circuit Court decisions on 2019 and 2021 agriculture trespass laws
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig released a statement Monday after the 8th Circuit Court unanimously overruled the District Court and upheld Iowa’s 2019 and 2021 agriculture trespass laws as constitutional.
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Top 5 Things to Watch: Winter storm, WASDE and more
Here are the Top 5 things the DTN Newsroom is tracking for the week of Jan. 7.
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USDA FAS cuts Brazil soybean guess
The USDA’s Foreign Ag Service has lowered its estimate for Brazil’s soybean crop.
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Duvall: Farm bill extension would be 'detrimental to agriculture'
Despite a looming government shutdown amid talks to secure another continuing resolution, as well as upcoming elections, Congress needs to make sure it passes a farm bill this year, says the leader of the nation’s largest farm organization.
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USDA invests $3 million to provide risk management training to farmers, ranchers
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) last week announced up to $3 million is available for cooperative agreements to educate underserved, small-scale and organic producers on risk management and climate-smart practices.
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Creating value-added pork with high oleic soybean oil in swine diets
With the growing public interest in monounsaturated fatty acids, the pork industry is looking at how it can enhance meat quality.
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Producers cautiously optimistic about the future of farmland values
An ag economist says farmers are cautiously optimistic about where farmland values are headed according to the latest Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer.
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Candidates delve into ethanol, trade issues as Iowa caucuses approach
Ethanol, trade and America's relationship with China are a few of the topics Republican presidential candidates have been talking with Iowans about as they barnstorm the state in preparation for the state’s Jan. 15 caucuses.
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December a record-warm month for northern US
December turned out to be a really warm month for most of the United States and Canada.
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MDA now accepting applications for 2024 Beginning Farmer Tax Credit
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture’s (MDA) Rural Finance Authority (RFA) is now accepting applications for the 2024 Beginning Farmer Tax Credit, an annual program available to landlords and sellers (asset owners) who rent or sell farmland, equipment, livestock, and other agricultural assets to beginning farmers.
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Council highlights exceptional U.S. corn quality for Chinese market
To present the 2023/24 Corn Harvest Quality Report, discuss opportunities for sorghum and break down barriers to defend the market share of these coarse grain commodities in China, the U.S. Grains Council (USGC’s) office in Beijing recently conducted a corn quality roadshow and seminar in Beijing and Guangdong Province.
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Snow likely for much of the U.S.
A meteorologist says several storm systems are lined up and likely to bring significant snowfall to much of the U.S.
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Poultry farmers sue Tyson for shutting down Missouri processing plant
A small group of Missouri and Arkansas poultry farmers are suing Tyson Foods for closing a broiler operation in Dexter, Missouri, that left the farmers with debts on their chicken-raising facilities but no contracts to continue raising chickens for Tyson.
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Dairy Farmers of America buys first inset carbon credits
Dairy Farmers of America, the largest milk marketing cooperative, made the first purchase of verified carbon credits within the livestock value chain from one of its Texas dairy farmer owners and represents the first transaction of the carbon insetting marketplace.
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MO Ag Department to start foreign ag land rulemaking process soon
A new executive order requires Missouri landowners to alert the Missouri Department of Agriculture anytime they plan to sell farmland to a foreign individual or company.
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USDA and Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History strengthen scientific partnership
The Smithsonian Institution and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) are joining forces to protect U.S. plant health from invasive species.
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Soybeans gap sharply lower on good Brazil weekend rain and more to come
Despite the unusual weather pattern in Brazil, which saw extreme heat and dryness envelop the northern two-thirds of the country, and heavy rains and flooding in the south, the recent and ongoing wetter pattern had traders turn more bearish on that country's soy yield potential.
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Tight calendar, spending logjam greet lawmakers
Congress starts the new year the way it ended a chaotic 2023, with an unresolved standoff over appropriations for the fiscal year that started Oct. 1 and no certainty about when, or even whether, lawmakers will move a new farm bill in 2024.
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A closer look at foreign ag land ownership in United States
A recent USDA report says foreign-owned ag land in the United States increased slightly in 2022.
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U.S. farmer sentiment stable as inflation expectations subside
U.S. farmers’ sentiment changed very little in December compared to the preceding month.
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Cover Crop Premium Discount Program available to Hoosier farmers
The Indiana State Department of Agriculture, The Nature Conservancy and the United State Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency have joined forces to implement the Cover Crop Premium Discount Program for the fourth year in a row.
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An ag primer to the 2024 GOP presidential primary season
Iowa farmers again have won over most of the leading Republican candidates for president when it comes to biofuels, but farmers also likely will again be caught in the crossfire between saber-rattling with China while the 2024 presidential race plays out.
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Higher cattle prices expected to continue through '24, economist says
A livestock economist says there could be some record cattle prices in 2024.
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Farm bill, trade issues top Agri-Pulse 2023 stories
Behind-the-scenes work on the next farm bill was top of mind for Agri-Pulse readers in 2023, with stories about marker bills and lobbying movement heavily featured in the year’s most-read stories.
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Jonathan Shell has officially been sworn in as Kentucky's next Commissioner of Agriculture
Shell was sworn in at a ceremony in Lancaster, Kentucky at the Garrard County Courthouse. He was surrounded by friends and family including his wife Brooke and children Jaxson, Lydia, Reagan, and Gracelyn.
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ODA extends H2Ohio enrollment deadline
The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) announced it will extend the enrollment deadline for H2Ohio producers in the 14 counties of the Maumee River Watershed.
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Ethanol production hits multi-year high
U.S. ethanol production shot higher last week and stocks surged.
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Inflationary pressures still limiting farm decisions
An ag economist says inflation will continue to be a major stressor in the year ahead.
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