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15 Feb 2017
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- There remain many other unknowns as to what will become of the Renewable Fuel Standard with the U.S. Senate yet to confirm Scott Pruitt to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Pruitt's confirmation vote is expected to come sometime likely Thursday or Friday. Ethanol interest groups continu...
15 Feb 2017
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) - In a point-by-point answer to a number of plaintiffs who filed suit challenging how the Renewable Fuel Standard is implemented, attorneys for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency contend in a legal brief filed on Tuesday the agency followed the law. Ahead of oral arguments scheduled for April 24 in...
14 Feb 2017
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Growers and applicators will need to keep a close eye on two tank mix websites if they are spraying newly labeled dicamba herbicides in 2017. Both Monsanto's XtendiMax and BASF's Engenia herbicides, designed to be applied over Xtend crops, have websites devoted to approved tank mix ingr...
14 Feb 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) A Mexican senator at a rally on Sunday proposed that Mexico stop buying U.S. corn in retaliation for some of President Donald Trump's stances on our southern neighbors. Mexico is the top market for U.S. corn exports with Mexican buyers importing nearly 28% of all U.S. corn sent to foreign markets in...
14 Feb 2017
By Dan MillerProgressive Farmer Senior Editor It was May 10. Angelo Erickson has finished planting corn the day before and an inch of rain fell overnight. "Man what a nice day today, it doesn't get any better than this," he says for the second time that morning, recalling springs past. "My dad would take me planting. You'd see the wind blowing, the...