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7 Dec 2022
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- A packer sanitation company that employed at least 31 minors in what the U.S. Department of Labor said were "hazardous occupations" working overnight at JBS USA packing plants in the Midwest, entered into a consent decree with the DOL to correct the violations. Packers Sanitation Services Inc. LTD was ordered by the U.S. Dist...
7 Dec 2022
OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices tracked by DTN for the first full week of December 2022 continue mostly lower. As was the case last week, six of the eight major fertilizers are lower while two are higher compared to a month earlier. Of the six fertilizers, they were all slightly lower compared to last month. DTN designates a significant mov...
6 Dec 2022
OMAHA (DTN) -- The many issues facing the global nitrogen market in 2022 are going to continue to test the market in 2023. These include the war in Ukraine, rising natural gas prices, weather and currency concerns. As a result, the supply and price of nitrogen fertilizers will be subject to the various geopolitical world events. Nitrogen prices are...
6 Dec 2022
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- A California superior court judge has extended a stay on the enforcement of the state's Proposition 12 animal-welfare law until July 2023, pending the outcome of an expected ruling by the Supreme Court in the spring. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in October in a legal challenge by the American Farm Bureau Federation ...
2 Dec 2022
OMAHA (DTN) -- President Joe Biden on Friday signed legislation meant to prevent railroad workers from going on strike, saying that such a strike "would have been an economic catastrophe at a very bad time in the calendar." The legislation signing and brief comments at the White House ends a week of high-stakes drama in Washington that saw Congress...