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16 Jan 2017
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a legal challenge as to whether an appeals court in Cincinnati is the proper venue for a number of lawsuits filed on the waters of the United States, or WOTUS, rule. On Friday, the high court ruled it would hear a petition by the National Association of Manufacturers,...
13 Jan 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Thanks to improved conservation and farming practices and more efficient ethanol plants, corn-based ethanol has 43% lower greenhouse-gas emissions than gasoline, based on an energy equivalent basis, a new USDA report shows. In one of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack's final announcements b...
13 Jan 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor WASHINGTON (DTN) -- The revolving front door at Trump Tower in New York continues to spin as prospects for Agriculture secretary move in and out. The latest prospect is Ted McKinney, director of the Indiana Department of Agriculture, as Hoosier Ag Today reported McKinney had visited Trump Tower. That comes aft...
13 Jan 2017
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- In a sizeable document dump, EPA released a number of preliminary risk assessments for four neonicotinoid insecticides on Thursday evening, as well as a revised registration review schedule for the chemicals. Final registration decisions on the chemicals are not due until the winter of ...
12 Jan 2017
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices started 2017 the same way they ended 2016 -- with some fertilizer prices lower and some higher compared to a month earlier, according to retailers surveyed by DTN the first week of January 2017. Five of the eight major fertilizers were lower again, although none were considera...