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8 Jan 2023
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (DTN) -- The president of the American Farm Bureau Federation on Sunday signed a memorandum of understanding with executives from John Deere that will give farmers more opportunity to diagnose and repair their own Deere tractors and other equipment. "A lot of times, dealers are several hours away in some part of our country," ...
5 Jan 2023
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- USDA on Thursday announced a series of loan guarantees and grants to expand meat production capacity across the country in the latest of several steps by the Biden administration to grow small-scale processing following the supply chain problems during the COVID-19 economic shutdown. The agency awarded $3.9 million in 23 Valu...
5 Jan 2023
COLUMBIA, Mo. (DTN) -- Farmer optimism continues on a slight upswing, while agribusiness owners reveal concerns about the future. Those were major takeaways from the most recent DTN/The Progressive Farmer Agriculture Confidence Index and the companion DTN/The Progressive Farmer Agribusiness Confidence Index. The current farmer-focused Agriculture C...
4 Jan 2023
MT. JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- Farmer-operators were the highest bidders at 75% of Farmers National Company land auctions in 2022, a year marked by record-setting sales at the auction block. Even though investors weren't as successful at winning auctions, they were "certainly part of the equation as they have been active bidders at most sales to a poin...
4 Jan 2023
Drought has been a major influence on California for almost three straight years. Moderate drought has been in the Central Valley of California going back to February of 2020 with a significant worsening of drought conditions across the state in late 2020 and 2021. Exceptional drought, the highest category of drought on the U.S. Drought Monitor, ha...