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20 Mar 2017
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- A bipartisan group of senators this week joined a growing chorus of voices opposing any changes to the point of obligation in the Renewable Fuel Standard. A group of 23 senators, including 17 Democrats and six Republicans, wrote to President Donald Trump on Thursday, asking him to leave the point of o...
20 Mar 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor Terry McClure wants to come clean. The Grover Hill, Ohio, farmer has proactively set up two water-monitoring sites to show how differing cropping techniques influence nutrient runoff. "We are taking the surface and subsurface tests at the exact same time so we have a true understanding of what is coming off the ...
17 Mar 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture would take a $4.7 billion cut in discretionary programs next year under President Donald Trump's proposed budget, or about a 21% cut from 2017 spending levels. The budget blueprint released Thursday by the White House proposes a $17.9 billion discretionary budge...
17 Mar 2017
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Farmers aren't the only ones waiting to see how wheat comes out of dormancy this year. Army cutworms may also be lurking just beneath the surface, ready to eat newly green winter wheat. Oklahoma State University entomologist Tom Royer said he has early reports of cutworms attacking wheat...
17 Mar 2017
By Andy BieblDTN Tax Columnist Conservation easements (CEs) are getting a bad name. A few months ago, the IRS teed up marketed deals as a Form 8886 disclosure item in tax returns. That enters the taxpayer into a painful world of IRS scrutiny that, by comparison, would make a colonoscopy seem noninvasive and painless. But fear not -- this only hits ...