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31 Dec 2020
Perhaps it was the ancient Egyptians who first put a public price on next year's grain harvest, a radical innovation that gave farmers some certainty and motivation to grow as much grain as possible, fueling a great empire. History tells us it was the medieval Japanese shoguns who first formalized grain trading with interchangeable futures contract...
30 Dec 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- A federal court issued a temporary restraining order on Monday barring the EPA from implementing a new rule on pesticide application exclusion zones. A number of farm worker groups sued EPA on Dec. 16, 2020, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleging the new rule, which was finalized in October, weaken...
30 Dec 2020
By Jerry Hagstom, DTN Political Correspondent, and Chris Clayton, DTN Ag Policy Editor WASHINGTON (DTN) -- The Agriculture Department and the Health and Human Services Department on Tuesday released the 2020 edition of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. The guidelines will be in place through 2025. The theme of the guidelines is "Make Every Bit...
30 Dec 2020
WASHINGTON (DTN) -- President Donald Trump signed the combined fiscal year 2021 omnibus appropriations and COVID-19 relief bill late Sunday after threatening to veto it. The presidential signature means that, as part of the provisions in the bill, there will be more aid to farmers and a 15% increase in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNA...
29 Dec 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- A federal court has granted national farmworkers groups a preliminary injunction to stop the U.S. Labor Department from freezing wages under the H-2A agricultural guest-worker program. The U.S. District Court for the District of Eastern California said in its order the plaintiffs are likely to succeed on the merits of their case. At ...