Month: January 2021

Washington, D.C., January 15, 2021 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will provide additional assistance through the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP), expanding eligibility for some agricultural producers and […]

Ames, Iowa — The Swine Health Information Center (SHIC) shared its 2020 Progress Report with the National Pork Board (NPB), providing details on results from activities to fulfill its mission. Among those are collaboration on domestic […]

The National Pork Producers Council has introduced a multimedia campaign called “Farming Today for Tomorrow” to tell their side of the climate change issue. This campaign comes as Ag groups prompt what is being done […]

Markets have rallied over the past several sessions with major gains seen in corn, soybeans and wheat futures. Todd Hultman Lead Analysis for DTN says we are seeing very tight soybean supplies but there is […]

More lawmakers are pressing the Trump administration to avoid making any decisions on small refinery exemptions until after the Supreme Court rules in pending litigation. Thursday, a group of Midwest Senators penned a letter to […]

Fewer new loans to farmers continued to drive a pullback in agricultural lending activity. The Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank reported this week that stronger prices for agricultural commodities, alongside continued support from government payments, […]

The National Pork Producers Council submitted commits to the Food and Drug Administration this week regarding gene-edited livestock. For more than two years, NPPC says the FDA “has dragged its feet” on the development of […]

WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, the House Republican Steering Committee nominated North Dakota’s Congressman Kelly Armstrong to serve on the House Energy and Commerce (E&C) Committee. “I am honored to serve on the Energy and Commerce Committee, […]

USDA on Thursday released it’s weekly export sales report and it shows that demand for corn, soybeans and wheat is still strong. For the week ended Jan. 7, 2021, USDA reported an increase of 56.6 […]

OMAHA (DTN) — Average retail prices for fertilizers showed some mixed moves the first week of January 2021 after several consecutive weeks of all prices moving higher, according to sellers surveyed by DTN. Six of […]