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Trump pledges to sign E15 legislation in Iowa remarks
President Trump says he’s ready to sign legislation that would allow year-round sales of E15 fuel.
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ADM Announces Closure of Government Investigations Related to ADM's Prior Reporting Regarding Intersegment Sales
A global leader in innovative solutions from nature, announced that the Company has entered into a settlement agreement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to resolve its investigation into ADM’s prior reporting regarding intersegment sales without admitting or denying any wrongdoing.
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John Deere Announces Major Expansion with Two New U.S. Facilities Coming
In keeping with our strong tradition of building America, we are excited to announce plans to open two new U.S.-based facilities: a state-of-the-art distribution center near Hebron, Indiana, and a cutting-edge excavator factory in Kernersville, North Carolina, both set to open in the next year.
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Farm Leader: ICE Crackdown Fuels Labor Fears in Minnesota Agriculture
The president of the Minnesota Farmers Union is urging farmers to speak out against the Trump administration's federal crackdown in his state and press for broader immigration reform.
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Major Minnesota ag companies back call to reduce tension and move communities forward
Several CEOs of Minnesota-based agricultural companies are joining other business leaders in calling for a de-escalation of tensions in the state.
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Legislation to Delist the Mexican Wolf Advances, Offering Long-Overdue Relief to Cattle Producers
The House Natural Resources Committee has advanced the Enhancing Safety for Animals Act of 2025 (H.R. 4255) with bipartisan support.
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Record Milk Production, Shrinking Herd Pipeline
U.S. milk production is setting records, but those volumes are sending increasingly misleading signals about the health of the dairy sector.
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Preparing for Winter's Fury
Here are the Top 5 things the DTN Newsroom
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Placements decline, but marketings increase in latest Cattle on Feed report
Cattle placed in feedlots dropped 5 percent year-over-year in the latest On Feed report from the USDA.
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Threats to Interstate Commerce
This Market Intel will examine the state laws that could cause monumental disruptions to interstate commerce, animal welfare and long-term farm sustainability.
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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Jan. 23, 2026: Rep. Harder on specialty crop farm aid, tariffs & ag labor
Additional farm aid wasn't included in a government funding package but farm groups are continuing to push for additional assistance, including $5 billion specifically for specialty crops.
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Extreme cold, wind, and wet conditions threaten livestock health during winter storm
An ag meteorologist says livestock will experience extreme cold stress through the weekend as Winter Storm Fern moves across the U.S.
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E15 Punt Sparks Anger as New House Council Reopens RFS Debate
The president of the National Corn Growers Association vented farmers' frustrations Thursday after learning House leadership not only prevented year-round E15 from being included in a must-pass funding bill, but instead created a council of House members charged with reexamining the Renewable Fuels Standard and helping oil refiners.
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Boozman, Klobuchar, Hoeven Lead Letter Calling on USDA to Restore Prevented Planting Coverage
U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman John Boozman (R-AR) and Ranking Member Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) along with senior committee member John Hoeven (R-ND) led a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins urging the department to reinstate additional crop insurance coverage for acres prevented from being planted.
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H-2A Program Use Continues to Soar
The H-2A program continues to grow, with 13,358 more positions certified in fiscal year 2025 (October 2024-September 2025) than fiscal year 2024. This marks the first year in program history that over 400,000 workers were requested, highlighting the continued domestic labor shortages American farmers and ranchers face.
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Corn Growers Furious with New Development on E15
The House is expected to advance a funding bill today that omits language that would allow consumers across the country to access fuels with a 15% corn ethanol blend, often referred to as E15.
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Corn leaders call E15 vote ‘now or never’ for farmers
An ag economist says the need for government payments will keep growing if policymakers don’t support avenues for new corn demand.
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Fordyce optimistic about timeline for farmer assistance
The USDA Undersecretary for Farm Production and Conservation says the department is on track to deliver relief payments to row crop farmers next month.
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USDA Launches $100M Screwworm Challenge
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins on Wednesday announced the launch of the New World Screwworm (NWS) Grand Challenge to help combat and prevent the pest from spreading farther north.
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Significant Farm Losses Persist, Despite Federal Assistance
The USDA-Economic Research Service (ERS) December update to Commodity Costs and Returns provides a comprehensive look at per-acre production costs for the nine principal row crops: corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton, rice, barley, oats, peanuts and sorghum. At a high level, ERS projects average total costs per acre to increase for every crop in 2026, underscoring the persistence of elevated production expenses across U.S. agriculture.
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Breaking Down the January 2026 NDSU Agricultural Trade Monitor: IEEPA Fertilizer Tariffs, Price Pass-Through, and Market Adjustment
The January 2026 edition of the NDSU Agricultural Trade Monitor examines how tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) affected agricultural input markets during 2025, with a particular focus on fertilizers.
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Funding Deal Reached by Congress Doesn't Include More Farm Aid
A package of funding bills assembled by House and Senate appropriators that needs to pass before the end of January does not contain any more aid for farmers despite a push by some lawmakers.
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Advancing E15 policy opens doors for other biofuels
The CEO of Clean Fuels Alliance America says revisions to a bipartisan bill advancing year-round E15 would benefit other renewable fuels.
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Global Forum for Food and Agriculture puts agriculture at the center of water policy, recognizing FAO’s leadership
Agriculture ministers from more than 60 countries meeting at the 2026 Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) agreed that addressing water scarcity and competing uses requires placing agriculture at the core of water policy and governance.
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Winter's First Half Dried Out Much of the Mississippi Basin
As we approach the midpoint of the 2025-26 meteorological winter season (December-January-February), the drying influence from a warm December is showing up in the greater Mississippi River basin. December 2025 ranked as the fifth-warmest December on record for the contiguous United States.
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Farm leaders calling for swift congressional action to buoy farmers
Nearly 60 state and national farm groups are asking for Congress to pass immediate economic support for both row crop and specialty crop farmers.
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USDA Launches Lender Lens Dashboard to Promote Data Transparency
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden today unveiled the Lender Lens on the Rural Data Gateway.
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Supreme Court to Hear Bayer Roundup Case That Could End Glyphosate Lawsuits
The U.S. Supreme Court decided Friday it will hear a Bayer Roundup case that could bring product-liability lawsuits to a close on the glyphosate-based weed killer.
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