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1 Feb 2022
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Farm equipment manufacturers would be required to provide all diagnostic equipment to farmers and the Federal Trade Commission would have authority to go after companies that don't under a bill introduced in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday. The right to repair increasingly has become an issue in agriculture and other industries wi...
1 Feb 2022
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Most retail fertilizer prices tracked by DTN continued to rise during the fourth week of January, while several of them continued to hit all-time highs. Seven of the eight major fertilizers were slightly higher, although none of them saw significant increases as determined by DTN to be 5% or more. Anhydrous led all fertilizer...
31 Jan 2022
WASHINGTON (DTN) -- The Crop Insurance Coalition, which is composed of 55 groups representing farmers, lenders, agricultural input providers, and conservation groups, sent letters to congressional budget and appropriations leaders and the Biden administration opposing cuts to crop insurance during the upcoming fiscal year 2023 budget process. "It i...
31 Jan 2022
By DTN Staff OMAHA (DTN) -- All cattle and calves in the United States as of Jan. 1, 2022, totaled 91.9 million head, 2% below the 93.8 million head on Jan. 1, 2021, USDA NASS reported on Monday. All cows and heifers that have calved, at 39.5 million head, were 2% below the 40.3 million head on Jan. 1, 2021. Beef cows, at 30.1 million head, were do...
31 Jan 2022
The Surface Transportation Board recently issued a decision denying a request to extend an upcoming hearing on reciprocal switching. Since 2016, there has been much discussion about "competitive" or "reciprocal" switching, which would allow shippers served by a single railroad to request bids from a nearby competing railroad. In the reciprocal swit...