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14 Apr 2024
By DTN Staff OMAHA (DTN) -- Here are the Top 5 things the DTN Newsroom is tracking for the week of April 14. Watch for coverage of these and other topics through the week on our subscription platforms as well as on www.DTNPF.com. Note that report release times are Central Daylight Time (CDT) unless otherwise noted. 1. Crop Progress update: Monday's...
13 Apr 2024
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (DTN) -- The president of the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank is cautioning his fellow Fed bankers to continue to "be patient" before making any preemptive moves to lower interest rates. It's more critical the Fed stick to its goal of bringing inflation rates back down to 2% levels. "We're going to push this inflation rate down...
12 Apr 2024
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (DTN) -- At an agricultural markets meeting that focused on data and futures markets, USDA's chief economist defended the agency's decision to cancel three market reports this year, including the July cattle inventory report, while noting that dropping the midyear cattle report "comes at an unfortunate time." The National Agricu...
12 Apr 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Three more dairy herds in three additional Michigan counties have tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza, according to state officials, in tests confirmed by the USDA's National Veterinary Services Laboratory. Earlier this week, HPAI was confirmed in dairy herds in North Carolina and South Dakota, bringing the ...
12 Apr 2024
MT. JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- Erik Oberbroeckling needed to find a way to support his income when he returned to the 1,200-acre family farm in 2004. The farm needed another semitruck to speed up harvest and haul grain, and when it wasn't being used during the farm's slow seasons, Oberbroeckling put it to work hauling boxed beef from a local Iowa packi...