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3/8/2026 | 4:59 AM CDT
Farm Bill Progresses While Rains Bring Flooding
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USDA will release its March Crop Production and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) reports at 11 a.m. CDT on Tuesday, March 10. (Logo courtesy of USDA)
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3/6/2026 | 10:59 AM CST
March WASDE May Be Overshadowed by Geopolitical Storm
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The New World screwworm life cycle spans 21 days and can cause different kinds of damage in each stage. (Illustrations by USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; text adapted from pages 218-219 in "Atlas of Transboundary Animal Diseases," by Peter J. Fernandez and William R. White (Paris: World Organization for Animal Health, 2010))
Entomologists Stress New World Screwworm Preparation
3/6/2026 | 2:21 PM CST
Experts Urge Livestock Producers to Be Proactive in New World Screwworm Preparation
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The Meat Institute strongly criticized a bill led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., that would essentially break up some of the country's largest packers. The bill also would force foreign-owned packers to sell their U.S. businesses. Still, the bill echoes some packer criticisms from President Donald Trump as well. (DTN photo by Jennifer Carrico)
Senate Democrats' Bill Targets Packers
3/5/2026 | 4:39 PM CST
Democrats Take Page From President Trump With Plan to Break Up Meatpackers
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Anhydrous tanks outside a farmers' cooperative in Iowa. Farmers face higher fertilizer prices despite stagnant corn prices. The Iowa Corn Growers Association on Thursday encouraged the Justice Department to investigate the fertilizer industry after a Bloomberg report stated such as investigation is underway. (DTN file photo by Chris Clayton)
Report: DOJ Looking at Fertilizer Cos.
3/5/2026 | 12:43 PM CST
Iowa Corn Growers Urge Justice Department to Press on Fertilizer Probe
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  1. Farm Bill Progresses While Rains Bring Flooding

  2. March WASDE May Be Overshadowed by Geopolitical Storm

  3. Experts Urge Livestock Producers to Be Proactive in New World Screwworm Preparation

  4. Democrats Take Page From President Trump With Plan to Break Up Meatpackers

  5. Iowa Corn Growers Urge Justice Department to Press on Fertilizer Probe

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