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2 May 2017
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst On April 24, the CME Group announced the following: "Effective Sunday, March 18, 2018, and pending all CFTC regulatory review and approval periods, The Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, Inc. ("CBOT" or "Exchange") intends to implement a Variable Storage Rate (VSR) mechanism in its KC HRW Wheat futures. Th...
1 May 2017
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Two Democratic members of Congress want the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's inspector general to investigate Administrator Scott Pruitt's decision to reject a petition to ban the pesticide chlorpyrifos, in a letter sent to the OIG on Thursday. Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Re...
1 May 2017
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst The DTN average dried distillers grains, or DDG, spot price was unchanged from one weeks ago, at $95, for the week ended April 27. Of the 39 locations from which DTN collects spot prices, eight bids were $2 to $5 higher, two bids were $2 to $8 lower and the balance of the prices were unchanged. The value of D...
1 May 2017
By Pam SmithDTN Progressive Farmer Crops Technology Editor DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- There's a definite chill in the air when it comes to this year's hard red winter wheat crop. Frost and freezing temperature across parts of Kansas this week have left questions as to how much damage might have occurred in a crop that is more mature than normal, and t...
28 Apr 2017
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The Army Corps of Engineers was shut out of the waters of the United States rule making process, even though EPA indicated the WOTUS rule was drafted in a joint effort with the Corps, a retired major general told a U.S. Senate Committee on Wednesday. Retired Major General John Peabody, who was the de...