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31 Jul 2020
(Dow Jones) -- The case of the mystery seeds showing up in U.S. mailboxes from shippers in China and other countries has gone global.The U.S. Department of Agriculture said consumers in at least 22 U.S. states and several other countries had received unsolicited packages of seeds. Canada, the U.K. and Australia all are investigating the matter.The ...
31 Jul 2020
DECATUR, Illinois (DTN) -- Ryan Jenkins isn't sure he's the right person in the family to answer a question about striking a proper life and work balance."I know my wife, Debra, would like to travel more," said the Jay, Florida, farmer. "But, honestly, I have a hard time feeling comfortable leaving the farm during the growing season."Reid Thompson ...
30 Jul 2020
WASHINGTON (DTN) -- The Republican COVID-19 pandemic aid package announced Tuesday will provide $20.457 billion in "direct funding" to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue that can be used for a variety of purposes, including aiding livestock producers who had to dispose of their animals. But the bill does not make any changes to how the Commodity Cr...
30 Jul 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- With ethanol producers continuing to struggle and fuel demand sliding during the COVID-19 pandemic, biofuels producers and Midwest lawmakers have been waiting for a lifeline.The EPA has surpassed the deadline by one month to release proposed 2021 renewable volume obligations in the Renewable Fuel Standard, an important market driver ...
30 Jul 2020
All basis, like all politics, is local. A spring wheat farmer in Montana probably doesn't care that corn basis at the Gulf of Mexico is 57 cents over the nearby futures contract. And a cotton farmer in Oklahoma probably doesn't care that Pennsylvania dairies are paying 15 cents under for their corn. Here, where I am in the Western Corn Belt, we ten...