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30 Apr 2020
By ShayLe StewartDTN Livestock Analyst We often spend our time talking about different marketing strategies, various topics affecting the industry or what's happening in the "here and now." But given the current whirlwind that the market has endured, even the simplest decisions make the most seasoned cattlemen think twice about their plan. As my fo...
30 Apr 2020
GLENWOOD, Iowa (DTN) -- The executive order signed Tuesday by President Donald Trump is expected to provide more federal resources to ensure packing plants have safety measures in place for their workers to continue processing meat and other food products.The order, though, doesn't mean everything goes back to normal now that thousands of plant wor...
29 Apr 2020
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Pressure is mounting on President Donald Trump to change the Renewable Fuel Standard in light of the economic downturn brought on by COVID-19. A number of tax, environmental and political think tanks sent a letter to Trump on Tuesday asking him to make changes to the law. In recent weeks, governors in...
29 Apr 2020
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor GLENWOOD, Iowa (DTN) -- The executive order signed Tuesday by President Donald Trump is expected to provide more federal resources to ensure packing plants have safety measures in place for their workers to continue processing meat and other food products. The order, though, doesn't mean everything goes back to...
29 Apr 2020
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Wheat is a tough crop, but it's not invincible, Kyle Krier has learned. On the first night temperatures plunged below freezing where he farms near Claflin, Kansas, in mid-April, he winced but knew the wheat could probably make it. "If we could have skipped that second night and third ni...