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27 Aug 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- The state of Iowa will keep in place a one-quarter-cent-per-bushel indemnity fee on grain sales for at least one more year as it tries to rebuild the state's grain indemnity fund, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship announced on Tuesday. Assuming no new claims are made against the fund, the state said it w...
26 Aug 2024
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (DTN) -- The Biden administration has increased regulatory burdens on agriculture and has failed on international trade, a group of former Trump administration officials highlighted Monday. U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts, a Republican and former Nebraska governor, held a "federal issues" forum at the Nebraska State Fair in Grand Island ...
26 Aug 2024
This article was originally published at 3:04 p.m. CDT on Monday, Aug. 26. It was last updated with additional information at 4:42 p.m. CDT on Monday, Aug. 26. ** OMAHA (DTN) -- Corn and soybean good-to-excellent condition ratings fell at the national level last week following two weeks in a row of holding steady, USDA NASS reported in its weekly C...
26 Aug 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- One of more than 17 farmers across the country who filed antitrust lawsuits against John Deere has dropped his claims, according to a document filed in federal court. Farmers are challenging the company's alleged monopoly on the repair service market for its equipment with onboard central computers known as engine control uni...
26 Aug 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- Once again, Illinois is the most expensive state in the Corn Belt to cash rent non-irrigated cropland, according to survey data released by USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service on Aug. 23. Because of a tie between Moultrie and Sangamon counties in Illinois, DTN has added a technical 11th highest county in the Corn Belt sta...