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4 Jan 2022
OMAHA (DTN) -- Agricultural exporters moving goods out of the Port of Oakland, California, could get more ability to move their products onto an outgoing ship. The Port of Oakland has announced plans to improve the flow of ag exports following an emergency meeting last month with state and federal officials about port congestion. The Oakland port w...
4 Jan 2022
DTN Staff OMAHA (DTN) -- From pandemic-related supply-chain issues to destructive storms, cybersecurity breaches and a change of leadership in the White House, 2021 had more than its fair share of big stories. But those weren't the only things that happened last year. Beyond the major events that dominated the headlines last year were numerous othe...
3 Jan 2022
There's no question cover crops can do a lot of great things for the soil, but as livestock producers try to put a dollar figure to the practice it's often a cover's value as feed that first comes to mind. Mark Yoder grazes a 150-head commercial Angus cow herd in southwest Iowa, and says they like to graze corn stalks and soybean stubble planted to...
3 Jan 2022
Identity Preservation (IP) is the process of differentiating commodities, requiring that strict separation -- typically involving containerized shipping -- be maintained at all times. Identity preserved is often used to market commodities like food-grade corn and soybeans. But there are IP contracts for conventional, organic and biotech seeds also....
3 Jan 2022
OMAHA (DTN) -- President Joe Biden will start 2022 highlighting what the White House sees as unfair market practices by the largest meatpackers and detailing plans to diversify the meatpacking industry while increasing enforcement over anti-trust practices. The White House announced Biden will meet virtually with "family and independent farmers and...