Tuesday, May 7, 2024 12:08PM CDT
Somerville, Tennessee-based Fayette Janitorial Services LLC has been ordered to pay $649,304 in civil penalties for violating child labor laws by employing children to work overnight shifts at a Seaboard Triumph Foods LLC packing plant in Sioux City, Iowa, and a Perdue Farms plant in Accomac, Virginia.
Tuesday, May 7, 2024 11:36AM CDT
The jet stream is going to split into two pieces this week, but both a northern jet and a southern one look to remain active across North America, pushing storm systems through that produce regular rainfall.
Tuesday, May 7, 2024 8:52AM CDT
USDA mandates testing all lactating dairy cows and reporting positive tests in hopes of preventing further spread of the H5N1 flu virus.
The corn planting season is here and challenges are already emerging as the rains keep coming. December corn prices turned higher and we have to wonder how much potential there may...
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U.S. corn export sales and shipments in million bushels as of the third week of April on the left-hand axis while reported on the right-hand axis are those figures as a percent of...
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Florida is the fourth state now to ban lab-grown meat from being sold in the state. Also, USDA has tested ground beef and found no signs of the H5N1 virus that has plagued the dair...
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The jet stream is going to split into two pieces this week, but both a northern jet and a southern one look to remain active across North America, pushing storm systems through tha...
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Agriculture and biofuels interests are trying to intervene in a lawsuit in Europe challenging a European Union law that effectively bans the use of crop-based biofuels to produce s...
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The market has been full of challenges over the last six weeks, but between improved chain speeds and stronger cash cattle sales some fundamental improvements have taken place as w...
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Heavy rain that has fallen recently over the state of Rio Grande do Sul in southern Brazil has caused many issues with flooding including injuries, deaths and impact to both the ha...
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In this Equipment Roundup, DTN/Progressive Farmer looks at the latest Association of Equipment Manufacturers report on tractor sales, the new CEO of CNH Industrial and AGCO's recen...
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Throughout May, Mental Health Awareness Month, DTN/Progressive Farmer will feature stories and columns on the unique mental health challenges that farmers and ranchers face and the...
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July corn is down 1 3/4 cents per bushel, July soybeans are down 6 1/2 cents, July KC wheat is down 11 1/4 cents, July Chicago wheat is down 6 cents and July Minneapolis wheat is down 4 3/4 cents.
Live cattle futures had minimal losses in contracts Monday, other than the front-month June. Feeder cattle were under more pressure with triple-digit losses. Hog futures could not find sufficient buying interest to move futures to positive territory. The June contract fell and closed below support.