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25 Feb 2025
WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Canadian Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay on Tuesday expressed his concerns about a trade war and the disruption it would cause to $200 million in food and agricultural products that cross between the U.S. and Canada every day. President Donald Trump on Monday reaffirmed that his administration plans to put 25% tariffs on ...
24 Feb 2025
REDFIELD, Iowa (DTN) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has updated the deadlines for three livestock disaster assistance programs so they will be synchronized. According to a USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) news release, the changes take effect for 2024 program applications for the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-ra...
24 Feb 2025
The National Cotton Council's (NCC) 44th Annual Early Season Planting Intentions Survey noted cotton acres are expected to fall in 2025 to 9.6 million this spring, down 14.5% from 2024. Lower cotton acres could signal that corn acres will pick up the slack. Louis Barbera, VLM Commodities LTD, told me, "The acres report by the NCC was a bit of a sur...
23 Feb 2025
By DTN Staff OMAHA (DTN) -- Here are the Top 5 things the DTN Newsroom is tracking for the week of Feb. 23. Watch for coverage of these and other topics through the week on our subscription platforms as well as on www.DTNPF.com. Note that all report release times are Central Standard Time unless otherwise noted. 1. USDA Annual Outlook Forum: The an...
21 Feb 2025
By DTN Staff This article was originally published at 2:03 p.m. CST on Friday, Feb. 21. It was last updated with additional information at 3:37 p.m. CST on Friday, Feb. 21. ** OMAHA (DTN) -- Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.7 million head on Feb. 1, 2...