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6 Mar 2017
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- There continues to be no executive order pending on possible changes to the Renewable Fuel Standard, White House spokesperson Kelly A. Love told DTN Thursday. In addition, it remains uncertain whether actual negotiations are taking place between biofuels interests, the White House and energy billionai...
3 Mar 2017
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- American sorghum varieties are surprisingly well equipped to take on the sugarcane aphid, according to a Kansas State researcher. "It's very unusual to have such a large number of commercially available sorghum lines expressing what are almost certainly completely different sources of ...
3 Mar 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor SAN ANTONIO, Texas (DTN) -- Talking to a production agriculture crowd visiting his home state, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Mike Conaway was right at home as he told thousands of farmers he was determined to get a farm bill passed for them on time. Conaway, a Republican whose district is about 300 miles...
3 Mar 2017
By Susan Winsor Progressive Farmer Contributing Editor Nick Vinje didn't grow up hearing, "This is how we've always done things." That left the self-described city kid more open to change. After 16 years of conventional farming, Vinje transitioned to no-till and cover crops in 2013 on most of his 1,700 acres in Gardner, North Dakota, to cut expens...
2 Mar 2017
By Elaine KubDTN Contributing Analyst Farmers don't really get a lot of choice about which commodity markets they have exposure to. The geography and the climate of their farm's location will generally limit them to a few major choices, and then the logistics of selling products to some reasonably nearby delivery point will limit them further. I'm...