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25 Jun 2021
This article was originally published at 9:40 a.m. CDT on Friday, June 25. It was last updated with additional information at 11:28 a.m. CDT on Friday, June 25. ** LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Friday's ruling by the Supreme Court siding with petroleum refiners over the biofuels industry could drive down demand for corn, soybeans and other biofuels crops ...
25 Jun 2021
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- California consumers are likely to experience sticker shock when shopping for pork after Jan. 1, 2022, when Proposition 12 takes effect. A new white paper released by the Food Equity Alliance on Thursday said an expected 50% reduction in pork exported to California will create several problems. The law requires hog producers ...
24 Jun 2021
ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Knowing your rootworm risk level is about to get easier. A new website launched Thursday, Corn Rootworm IPM, which includes an interactive map of rootworm sticky trap results, for both northern and western corn rootworms. The map will be populated by cooperators from 12 states and five Canadian provinces, who will report how...
24 Jun 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- A second federal district judge has blocked USDA from providing as much as $4 billion in loan debt relief to minority farmers. U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard in the U.S. District Court for Middle Florida issued a preliminary injunction Wednesday against USDA, blocking the department from sending out the debt relief while t...
24 Jun 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- American agriculture needs a permanent disaster program that can provide aid quicker than ad-hoc aid that has helped buoy farmers in recent years. That was a repeated theme at a congressional hearing Wednesday from producers who highlighted the increase in disasters that have hit farmers around the country in recent years. Lawmakers...