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10 May 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- As the bird flu outbreak in dairy cows continues to uptick in herds affected, USDA announced Friday that it is offering some financial assistance to dairy farms affected by the H5N1 virus. USDA payments totaling $98 million are available to farmers with lost milk production, as well as personal protection equipment (PPE) and increase...
10 May 2024
By DTN Staff This article was originally published at 11:01 a.m. CDT on Friday, May 10. It was last updated with additional information at 11:30 a.m. CDT on Friday, May 10. ** OMAHA (DTN) -- USDA on Friday forecast farmers this spring are planting what will become a 14.86-billion-bushel corn crop and a 4.45-billion-bushel soybean crop. USDA estimat...
10 May 2024
By Dave Vrbas, DTN Contributor Editor's Note: Throughout May, DTN/Progressive Farmer's special series "Mental Health Hope & Help" is exploring the unique mental health challenges people in rural America face, highlighting efforts to overcome stigma and looking at ways farmers and ranchers can manage their mental wellness. This is the third story in...
9 May 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- Two scientists who played key roles in the creation of the "Doomsday Vault," a global underground seed vault in Norway, have been recognized as the 2024 World Food Prize laureates. Cary Fowler, U.S. special envoy for Global Food Security, and Geoffrey Hawtin, founding director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust, were each named 2024 ...
9 May 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- The trifecta of government agencies that oversees different aspects of biotechnology have laid out a roadmap for clarifying and streamlining regulatory authority for food safety and spelling out federal rules for everything from microbial bio-stimulants to cell-cultured meat products. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food ...