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15 Jul 2016
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Proposed legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday to convert the $1 blenders biodiesel tax credit to a producers tax credit may not see the light of day this year. Ahead of the presidential election, the chances of Congress taking up tax extenders measures is slim. Ben Evans, director o...
15 Jul 2016
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Lead is the most common cause of poisoning with cattle. Even a small amount of lead can kill livestock if they drink crankcase oil, lick grease or chew on lead plumbing fixtures or old vehicle batteries. Lead poisoning is difficult to identify and is most often fatal in cattle. Preventing cattle from ...
14 Jul 2016
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor DES MOINES (DTN) -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack declined to discuss presidential politics Saturday but sought to tout to the nation's governors the importance of both expanded trade and local foods to boosting farm incomes and rural economic development. Vilsack attended the National Governors' Associatio...
14 Jul 2016
By Pam SmithDTN Progressive Farmer Crops Technology Editor DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- Reed and Curtis Storey didn't plant dicamba-tolerant crops this year, but their soybean crop has been injured twice by applications made by neighboring farmers who did. The Marvell, Arkansas, farmers aren't alone. Crop injury complaints continue to mount this summer a...
14 Jul 2016
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter PENNSYLVANIA FURNACE, Pa. (DTN) -- The fields of southern Pennsylvania are no stranger to painful battles, but that doesn't make the state's latest invasion any less alarming. Palmer amaranth weeds are spreading through the southeastern counties of the state. They won't take any lives, but they may shrink profi...