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20 Feb 2017
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- After a long battle, the U.S. Senate on Friday confirmed Scott Pruitt in a 52-46 vote to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, despite last-minute calls by Democrats to delay the vote until after a week-long break for Presidents Day. Pruitt was sworn in later Friday by Supreme Court Justice S...
20 Feb 2017
By Dan MillerProgressive Farmer Senior Editor It is in California's thirsty Kettleman Hills that J.R. Shannon finds his inspiration. The 1,200-foot domes of cool season grasses and rocks rich with fossils rise along the western edge of the San Joaquin Valley. Winters are cold. Summer days top 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Rain gauges might collect a hal...
20 Feb 2017
By Jim Patrico Progressive Farmer Senior Editor and Emily Unglesbee DTN Staff Reporter Editor's Note: Dicamba herbicide use on soybeans and cotton is expected to expand dramatically in 2017. Stewardship will be critical to avoid drift and other movement onto sensitive crops and plants. This Dicamba Decisions series examines important application i...
17 Feb 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- A key corporate leader in the grain trade told analysts this week he doesn't think Mexico would start heavily buying corn from South America simply because the U.S. offers a better deal. Still, Mexican officials are starting to better gauge the possibility of buying more agricultural products fr...
17 Feb 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado was talking about the struggles of health care in rural Colorado last week when he noted he had met in January with the director of the Colorado Department of Agriculture, who told the senator that the ag department was looking to reestablish a farmer suicide hotline...