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18 Jan 2016
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Major agricultural businesses are looking at a more diverse U.S. population and trying to find ways to make agriculture become more diverse as well. Keeping up with U.S. population trends was one of the drivers behind a summit last week in Washington, bringing together businesses and colleges wi...
15 Jan 2016
By Cheryl AndersonDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- A new strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza was detected in a commercial turkey flock in Dubois County, Indiana, USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced Friday. The new strain, H7N8, is different than the flu virus that caused the widespread outbreak in 2015, according to...
15 Jan 2016
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) --- Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Lawrence MacAulay said that Canada opposes the U.S. Agriculture Department's plan to set up standards for a voluntary country-of-origin labeling program for beef and pork, but the subject did not come up Thursday when MacAulay met with Agri...
15 Jan 2016
By Cheryl AndersonDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The U.S. Grains Council and members of the ethanol industry said this week they stand ready to mount a cooperative defense against an anti-dumping investigation against U.S. dried distillers grains exports to China. China's Ministry of Commerce on Tuesday announced it has initiated anti-dumping an...
14 Jan 2016
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Fort Bridger, Wyoming, rancher Andrew Johnson is negotiating a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in a case that drew national attention when the agency claimed Johnson's stock pond was not exempt from the Clean Water Act. Johnson and EPA were granted a stay in the case for 45 da...