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29 Nov 2016
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The Renewable Fuel Standard is unlikely to meet its goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, a new Government Accountability Office report concludes, pointing to a number of issues with the law and possible solutions for making it work better. The GAO completed an audit of the program at the reques...
29 Nov 2016
By Todd HultmanDTN Analyst After four consecutive years of good crop weather, the world now has excess grain supplies and low prices, which is good news for the consumers of grain, but financially painful for producers who would like to be paid for their efforts. As crazy as it seems that the market punishes producers for providing an abundance of...
28 Nov 2016
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst Some parts of the Eastern Corn Belt (ECB) turned to the Northwest "Corn Belt" recently to purchase corn that was not infected with vomitoxin. They needed the corn to blend with its own corn to make it safe for feed use and also to comply with contract specifications for corn they shipped out. Exporting corn ou...
28 Nov 2016
By DTN Staff OMAHA (DTN) -- U.S. winter wheat conditions held steady last week compared to the previous week, according to the last weekly USDA Crop Progress report of 2016 released Monday. USDA reported 92% of the winter wheat crop had emerged as of Sunday, even with a year ago and even with the five-year average of 92% emerged. "Fifty-eight perc...
28 Nov 2016
By Marcia Zarley TaylorDTN Executive Editor SAG HARBOR, N.Y. (DTN) -- Keep a close eye on how Washington chooses to fix estate and income taxes after President-elect Donald Trump takes office. "There's more than ample room for housecleaning in the tax code," CliftonLarsonAllen CPA and ag tax principal Andy Biebl said. "It doesn't get massive publi...