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	House Farm Bill Text Details Friday, May 17, 2024 2:42PM CDT The House Republican farm bill raises reference prices more, allows all producers to obtain new base acres and makes other, bigger improvements to the farm safety net than the Senate framework that has been released. The House will push to markup the bill in committee next week. The 942-page bill outlines programs and authorities at USDA for roughly $1.4 trillion in spending over the next decade. [Read Full News Story] PFI Hosts Field Days Across 6 States Friday, May 17, 2024 2:17PM CDT Practical Farmers of Iowa is set to hold its largest field day season ever. Beginning in June and running through November, more than 50 farms across Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska and Wisconsin will host field events highlighting topics that span the ag spectrum. [Read Full News Story]

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	Winter Wheat Tour Estimate Outpaces USDA by 8.5 BPA; Will It Make It to Harvest? Friday, May 17, 2024 5:12PM CDT Overall, after scouting 449 fields across Kansas this week -- and some into neighboring Nebraska and Oklahoma -- the total weighted average yield for the 2024 hard winter wheat tour was estimated at 46.5 bushels per acre, a 55% increase from 2023 and the fourth-best predicted average in the past decade. [Read Full News Story] International Trade Commission to Investigate 2,4-D Dumping Claims Friday, May 17, 2024 1:10PM CDT The U.S. International Trade Commission voted on Friday to continue investigating whether 2,4-D producers in China and India have been dumping the chemical on the U.S. market after Corteva Agribusiness LLC filed a petition in March. [Read Full News Story] 2024 Hard Winter Wheat Tour Final Average Yield Estimate: 46.5 BPA Thursday, May 16, 2024 1:23PM CDT MANHATTAN, Kan. (DTN) --- The Wheat Quality Council's Hard Winter Wheat Tour concluded Thursday, May 16, in Manhattan, Kansas. After three days, scouting 449 fields across the state and some into neighboring Nebraska and Oklahoma, the total weighted average yield for hard winter wheat was estimated at 46.5 bushels per acre (bpa), a 55% increase from 2023. [Read Full News Story]

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	More Systems Moving Through This Weekend Bryce Anderson (Bio) – DTN Meteorologist A system will move through the Northern and Central Plains and Upper Midwest this weekend and across the Corn Belt next week. » More DTN Weather Commentary Posted at 12:29PM Fri May 17, 2024 CDT

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