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21 Dec 2016
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Lack of a commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol industry has led to a Renewable Fuel Standard conundrum: Where do companies complying with the law find gallons or the renewable identification numbers, or RIN? The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued waivers for cellulosic ethanol in the past dec...
20 Dec 2016
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- All is not as it appears as an Arctic blast pushes winter wheat in the Great Plains deeper into dormancy. The prolonged, warm fall allowed wheat plants to put on some impressive aboveground growth in October and November, but drought conditions have taken their toll underground. The lat...
20 Dec 2016
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- All is not as it appears as an Arctic blast pushes winter wheat in the Great Plains deeper into dormancy. The prolonged, warm fall allowed wheat plants to put on some impressive aboveground growth in October and November, but drought conditions have taken their toll underground. The lat...
20 Dec 2016
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- In a possible further sign that President-elect Donald Trump has not settled on a choice for Agriculture secretary, Vice President-elect Mike Pence is scheduled to meet today in Washington with former Texas Agriculture Commissioner Susan Combs, the Trump transition team confirmed Tues...
20 Dec 2016
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- In a possible further sign that President-elect Donald Trump has not settled on a choice for Agriculture secretary, Vice President-elect Mike Pence is scheduled to meet today in Washington with former Texas Agriculture Commissioner Susan Combs, the Trump transition team confirmed Tues...