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13 Jan 2021
ROCKVILLLE, MD. (DTN) -- China's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs published import approvals for five GM (genetically modified) corn and cotton traits on Jan. 11. Some were approvals for new traits, namely MZIR098, a glufosinate-tolerant corn trait with two rootworm proteins from Syngenta, and MON 87411, Bayer's SmartStax Pro corn trait th...
13 Jan 2021
By DTN Staff This article was originally posted at 11:03 a.m. CDT. It was updated at 12:22 p.m. ** OMAHA (DTN) -- USDA on Tuesday released its January Crop Production, World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE), Quarterly Stocks and Winter Wheat Seedings reports. USDA lowered soybean ending stocks to 140 million bushels (mb), a 35 mb de...
13 Jan 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- Farm labor, broadband and infrastructure, climate change and sustainability, and ensuring diversity in agriculture were among the biggest issues the president of the American Farm Bureau Federation and the CEO of Land O'Lakes see facing agriculture, beyond the immediate challenges tied to the pandemic. In a conversation Monday during...
12 Jan 2021
By Logan Garcia Market Reporter - Fertecon Agribusiness Intelligence, IHS Markit The following is a breakdown of wholesale prices and trends of the various fertilizers in December 2020 and first two weeks of January 2021. AMMONIA Domestic: CF announced its spring prepay offers on anhydrous ammonia to start December, which began a month of strong fu...
12 Jan 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- Pilgrim's Pride Corp. has reached a $75 million settlement with a number of plaintiffs in an ongoing antitrust class-action lawsuit filed in 2016. The company made the announcement in a filing to the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission on Monday. "Pursuant to the agreement, Pilgrim's has agreed to pay the DPP Class $75 million, which...