Chris Clayton

The Renewable Fuels Association cites that numbers reported showing lower expected RFS blend requirements are fake numbers that were not released by the ethanol trade group.

To boost assets farmers can pass to heirs, House Democrats propose expanding a special farmland valuation formula in the IRS code. Section 2032A could help some farmers with their estates, but the provision comes with some...

NEW Cooperative in Fort Dodge, Iowa, confirmed Monday it had been hit with a ransomware attack that affected the grain cooperative's operations.

The North American Meat Institute and the Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund United Stockgrowers of America each issued news releases offering a separate but equal debate about the state of complaints about cattle prices...

While farmers are ramping up harvest and football season, U.S. ag leaders in government and the private sector have been wringing their hands over the U.N.'s first Food Systems Summit on Sept. 23, looking to pivot other countries...

Speaking to analysts early Thursday, Canadian Pacific executives again laid out some of the opportunities they first championed in mid-March when CP first appeared to strike a deal to buy Kansas City Southern before a six-month...

FAPRI released its latest baseline Wednesday for U.S. farm income and costs. The big change is a $23 billion projected drop in government payments that will bring down net farm income in 2022.

The tax bill dropped Monday by Democrats on the House Ways & Means Committee includes an array of changes to estate assets, trusts, corporate taxes and business deductions. If the bill becomes law, many of those tax...

The House Agriculture Committee early Monday voted to advance $66 billion in spending the committee plans to add to the budget reconciliation package that the full House will eventually vote on. The votes came after a nine-hour...

With the American Rescue Plan and the expected infrastructure bill coming out of Congress, there will be many opportunities for communities to address some needs with rural grants. Those grants, though, require someone in rural...

The secretary spoke to the White House press corps about some of the actions USDA is doing to invest funds into smaller packing plants and address antitrust enforcement in the packing industry. He also talked about the need...

USDA has changed some of the provisions of the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees and Farm-raised Fish Program, (ELAP) to help producers who have livestock that normally graze, but producers have instead been...

Farm groups spell out they are opposed to proposed changes in capital gains or stepped-up basis for heirs that Democratic leaders are considering using to pay for their new programs. With billions of dollars in tax breaks at...

The House Agriculture Committee is scheduled to meet Friday to consider how to spend $135 billion carved out in the budget reconciliation resolution for food and agriculture. Along with that, the House later this month will vote on...

St. Louis Lambert International Airport opened its Livestock Export Center last November. So far, the airport has shipped out hundreds of breeding hogs in a handful of shipments to Brazil. Airport officials expect demand to use...

USDA received an array of comments from groups and individuals on ways to invest as much as $500 million to increase competition and resiliency in the supply chain for meat processors.

Hurricane Ida's impact was felt in prices for corn and soybeans through the week. CHS reported the cooperative has some clean-up work to do, but its terminal was not damaged. CHS' terminal is the most southern along the...

A report by the Center for American Progress repeats the White House position that President Joe Biden's tax plan would not impact the vast majority of farmers. The report highlights that heirs for family businesses and farms...

The eye of Hurricane Ida hit Port Fourchon, Louisiana, on Sunday where a large part of the Gulf of Mexico oil production is based. Also affected is the Port of South Louisiana, the major export channel for corn and soybeans.

Power tools are frequently stolen, but utility and all-terrain vehicles have become popular theft items from farms. And don't rule out bigger machinery. A rural sheriff offers tips on protecting possessions on farms.

USDA set a deadline for enrollment in the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2 for contract swine and poultry producers, as well as other contract growers. USDA stated it has $1 billion available for the program.

A pair of competing carbon dioxide pipeline projects have plans to capture carbon emissions from ethanol plants and send the carbon to sites in North Dakota and Illinois where the carbon dioxide will be sunk deep into geological...

Reuters and the Oil Pricing Information Service (OPIS) first reported EPA would not issue specific ethanol blending requirements for 2021, known as "renewable volume obligation," or RVO. That led the CEO of the American Coalition for...

The export situation with containers was a topic at the cattlemen's convention last week. DTN spoke with a director from the U.S. Meat Export Federation about the challenges.

Policies backing electric vehicles are a major topic of conversation at the American Coalition for Ethanol meeting in Minneapolis. Ethanol backers maintain low-carbon policies could boost ethanol demand while the EV market grows.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission filed a complaint in Nebraska against a company that solicited customers, including farmers, to join an agricultural commodity trading pool, but the owner of the company is accused of taking...

Cattle markets continue to be a major topic with producers, but the high demand for beef and tighter cattle supplies are starting to come into sync with each other. NCBA has set up a working group to continue looking at market...

An amendment to the budget reconciliation bill got a 99-0 vote in the Senate with language to protect capital gains on the appreciation of farm, ranch or business assets. Those issues were also a big focus at the cattlemen's...

Wrapping up a three-day meeting on Thursday, NCBA leaders focused their attention on releasing sustainability goals and highlighting the importance of producers talking about sustainability issues and needs. NCBA's sustainability...

From allowing livestock to be hauled farther, to expanding broadband and improving inland waterways, agricultural groups largely showed initial reactions of support after the Senate passed its infrastructure package with 69 votes...

A joint venture will merge 75-year-old Sanderson Farms with Wayne Farms to form a new, private company. The combination will become the third-largest poultry processor in the country with facilities scattered across the Southeast.

USDA will create a national daily report showing comparisons between cash cattle trade and formula base prices. A national weekly report will highlight levels of prices and volume for cash trade compared to grid, formula and forward...

The president will sign an executive order to make half of all new vehicles sold in 2030 "zero-emission" vehicles, including battery, fuel-cell and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. The move by the administration will keep a spotlight on...

The Senate infrastructure bill is projected to add $550 billion in spending in several areas, including dozens of provisions that set aside specific funds for rural projects in areas such as...

Former Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., spoke Monday to participants in the Ag Media Summit about some key issues he sees in agriculture. He talked about his concerns over regulatory changes in packers...

A USDA lab confirmed a case of African swine fever has been discovered in the Dominican Republic, the first known case of the highly contagious swine disease in the Western Hemisphere. USDA and the National Pork Producers Council...

Highlighting the economic potential, the White House stated the $550 billion in new investments from the infrastructure bill would add, on average, about 2 million jobs per year over the next decade. The Biden administration also...

The House ag supplemental disaster aid bill provides funds under the Wildfire Hurricane Indemnity Program-Plus (WHIP-Plus) for disasters in 2020 and 2021. The bill will include payments for unharvested acres, as well as on-farm...

The United Nations is holding a three-day event this week as in preparation for a U.N. Food Systems Summit in New York planned for September. An opening panel discussion on Monday heavily criticized current global agricultural...

The entire GOP Senate caucus joined in stressing Democratic plans to raise capital-gains taxes and eliminate stepped-up basis for inherited assets would be devastating to farmers, ranchers and other family businesses. Democrats...

Kernza, a perennial wheat grass, was originally developed in Kansas, but its production has increased with a variety in Minnesota. A group of farmers there have started a cooperative to market Kernza. Local soil and water...

Hay was already short in North Dakota going into last winter. When pastures didn't recharge, they started to consider options such as selling at least part of their cow herds. Similar scenarios are playing out for cattle producers...

North Dakota farmers are on the eastern edge of some of the most exceptional drought conditions in the country. Farmers in some parts of the state say these are the driest conditions they have seen.

Tying into President Joe Biden's executive order on competition issues, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Friday highlighted $500 million that will go to help boost investment in small and regional beef, pork and poultry...

President Joe Biden will sign an executive order on Friday dealing with competition challenges in several major industries. Among the issues the White House will address is the right to repair, which has been a growing debate in...

U.S. Trade Ambassador Katherine Tai raised multiple agricultural issues with Mexican cabinet officials during a trilateral meeting in Mexico City to recognize one year since the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement went into effect...

"Stay tuned," according to White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, for new rules on competition in livestock marketing and the right to repair.

An agricultural law professor highlights some of the considerations producers should walk through with their attorneys before signing a contract to sell carbon credits. There are issues over payment, certification, data privacy...

USDA's Risk Management Agency on Tuesday announced a policy change that will encourage more farmers to plant a cover crop after a prevented-planting claim. Farmers will no longer face a Nov. 1 restriction for haying or grazing...

As Congress works on a possible large-scale infrastructure package of more than $1 trillion in projects, USDA's Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program, known as PL-566, could command more funding to cope with both...

While storms have strafed fields, leaving standing water or hail damage, the late window for replanting or planting a second crop raises questions about how that would affect crop insurance coverage. It's important to know your...

The Senate Agriculture Committee on Wednesday held a hearing into some of the challenges with cattle markets as senators sought some answers to systemic problems that have faced the cattle industry for years.

The group called Cattlemen's Heritage will build the $325 million facility in Mills County, Iowa, about 15 miles south of Council Bluffs and the Omaha metro area. With construction to begin in spring 2022, the plant would open to process...

The Growing Climate Solutions Act will create a USDA certification program to provide technical assistance for farmers, ranchers and forest owners to enroll in a carbon-credit program. The department will provide guidance to...

U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard in the U.S. District Court for Middle Florida issued a preliminary injunction Wednesday against USDA, blocking the department from sending out debt relief to socially disadvantaged farmers...

Farmers told members of a House Agriculture Subcommittee on Wednesday that disaster aid such as WHIP-Plus has been slow to respond to natural disasters, typically because Congress must reauthorize the program for each year...