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9 Apr 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- A key lobbyist for the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) is still hopeful a farm bill can get done in a presidential election year. Sam Kieffer, AFBF vice president of public policy, said Tuesday that the House Agriculture Committee is "champing at the bit" to start moving on a farm bill despite the political wrangling of a pres...
9 Apr 2024
Following USDA's March 1 Grain Stocks report, Thursday's World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report should reduce corn's U.S. ending stocks and may reduce the export estimate for soybeans. Traders will also note changes to USDA's South American production estimates. CORN USDA has kept its estimate of U.S. ending corn stocks at 2....
9 Apr 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Pork industry officials want Congress to pass federal legislation to prevent what they fear eventually will become a patchwork of state laws governing how farmers can raise hogs, members of the National Pork Producers Council (NPCC) said in a press call Monday as part of an industry fly-in to Washington, D.C. Members of the H...
8 Apr 2024
This article was originally published at 3:04 p.m. CDT on Monday, April 8. It was last updated with additional information at 3:41 p.m. CDT on Monday, April 8. ** OMAHA (DTN) -- U.S. winter wheat conditions held steady, winter wheat heading was slightly ahead of the average pace and corn planting continued slightly ahead of normal last week, accord...
7 Apr 2024
By DTN Staff OMAHA (DTN) -- Here are the Top 5 things the DTN Newsroom is tracking for the week of April 7. 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 webinar and report release times are Central Daylight Time (CDT) unless otherwise noted. 1. Rare solar ecli...