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23 May 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- Members of the House Agriculture Committee drew their lines in the sand Thursday on a new farm bill as Republicans praised the legislation for boosting support for farmers while Democrats opposed the bill over cuts to food aid and the funding used to pay for an improved farmer safety net. The 54-member committee kicked off the marath...
23 May 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Lexington, Oregon, farmers Jake and Lara Neiffer say a new state law requiring concentrated animal feeding operations to have water permits wasn't designed with small farms in mind. The law passed by the Oregon State Legislature, SB85, and signed into law by Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek in July 2023, requires CAFOs to obtain wa...
23 May 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- Friday's May 1 Cattle on Feed report will be one worth combing through as the report is expected to differ from months past with total on-feed numbers potentially lighter than a year ago and marketings up dramatically. The cash cattle market has traded anywhere from 83,000 to 93,000 head in each of the last four weeks, which aligns w...
22 May 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- While the House draft farm bill loads up on the farm safety net, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said the bill "overpromises" farmers while also forcing a "crack in the coalition" that normally passes a farm bill. The House Agriculture Committee is set Thursday to markup and vote on the bill drafted by Chairman Glenn "GT" Thompson,...
22 May 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- Average retail prices for most fertilizers were lower during the second week of May 2024, according to sellers surveyed by DTN. This was the second week in a row that most fertilizer prices were lower. Also, like last week, the price of just one fertilizer saw a significant move, which DTN designates as anything 5% or more. That was ...