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24 Apr 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Energy-related payments to farmers for oil, natural gas and wind production have continued to be a significant form of farm income and vary widely depending on where farmers operate, according to a new study by USDA's Economic Research Service (ERS). ERS studied data from USDA's Agricultural Resource Management Survey in its ...
24 Apr 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- USDA will require testing of lactating dairy cows crossing state lines for the H5N1 virus after fragments of the virus were found in tests of commercial dairy products. QUICK DETAILS -- USDA is now going to require H5N1 testing for all lactating dairy cows moving across state lines. -- USDA also will mandate that laboratories and sta...
24 Apr 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- Average retail prices for all eight major fertilizers were up from last month in the third week of April 2024, marking the fourth consecutive week all prices have been higher, according to sellers surveyed by DTN. Despite the increases, no fertilizer price was up significantly, which DTN designates as anything 5% or more. The averag...
23 Apr 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Archer Daniels Midland's (ADM) Chief Financial Officer Vikram Luthar will resign effective on Sept. 30, 2024, amid a federal investigation into the company's accounting practices. ADM said in a filing Monday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that Luthar will receive an annual cash performance award of $743,419,...
22 Apr 2024
This article was originally published at 3:03 p.m. CDT on Monday, April 22. It was last updated with additional information at 3:54 p.m. CDT on Monday, April 22. ** OMAHA (DTN) -- The winter wheat crop's good-to-excellent condition rating dropped 5 percentage points nationwide last week, likely due to dry conditions and possible frost damage in som...