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7 May 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- A Tennessee sanitation company has been slapped with civil penalties after allegedly employing children in hazardous jobs to clean slaughtering and meatpacking facilities operated by Seaboard Triumph Foods LLC and Perdue Farms, according to a consent order and judgment approved Monday by a federal court. Somerville, Tennessee...
7 May 2024
REDFIELD, Iowa (DTN) -- One of the biggest challenges for dairy farmers dealing with the H5N1 flu virus is how it has affected all farms despite whether they are infected, to prevent the spread of the disease. A recent USDA mandate requires all lactating dairy cows to be tested free of the virus prior to movement and all positive results to be repo...
7 May 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- While trying to point to alternative data options, USDA continues to draw complaints from industry and members of Congress for canceling a few key market reports for this year. The National Agricultural Statistics Association (NASS) -- pointing to congressional budget cuts -- announced last month that it would cancel the July Cattle ...
6 May 2024
This article was originally published at 3:03 p.m. CDT on Monday, May 6. It was last updated with additional information at 4:15 p.m. CDT on Monday, May 6. ** OMAHA (DTN) -- Corn planting progress fell behind the five-year average pace last week for the first time this season, while soybean planting continued ahead of the average pace, USDA NASS sa...
6 May 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Springport, Michigan, farmer Gaylord Lincoln's scheduled trial has been delayed by a month after a federal court granted a joint motion for a delay. Lincoln was indicted by a grand jury in 2022 on 13 counts in connection with a federal investigation into alleged federal crop insurance and farm benefits fraud. Both sides conti...