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10 Apr 2017
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- The nation's pork producers need more free-trade agreements, particularly with Japan, in order to export some of the pork that will be processed in five new plants that will begin production in the next few years. National Pork Producers Council officials met with reporters on Thursd...
7 Apr 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- The Federal Trade Commission told ChemChina on Tuesday that the agency approves ChemChina's $43 billion purchase of Syngenta AG, but will require ChemChina to sell the assets and licensing of three specific pesticides. After the FTC approved the deal on Tuesday, the European Union approved the de...
7 Apr 2017
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Three environmental groups have asked a federal appeals court to force the EPA to ban the pesticide chlorpyrifos, one week after the agency denied a petition to do so. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt announced March 30 that the agency had denied a petition filed by environmental groups to ban the pest...
7 Apr 2017
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Des Moines Water Works will not appeal a recent federal court decision to end the utility's nutrient runoff legal case, instead deciding to pursue legislative changes through the Iowa General Assembly. However, Bill Stowe, chief executive officer and general manager of DMWW, said during a news confere...
6 Apr 2017
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- The best way to avoid drift damage from newly labeled auxin herbicides this year is never to spray near crops that are sensitive to dicamba and 2,4-D -- and that might be harder than you think. For the past five years, University of Georgia Extension weed scientist Stanley Culpepper has ...