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23 Dec 2016
By Pam SmithDTN Progressive Farmer Crops Technology Editor DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- Farmers anxious to take advantage of the new dicamba-tolerant herbicide trait in soybeans and cotton now have another herbicide option. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has registered Engenia, a low-volatility formulation from BASF. Engenia is a new variatio...
23 Dec 2016
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- The search for a new Agriculture secretary continues to broaden as President-elect Donald Trump's transition team said Thursday that he will meet next week with Elsa Murano, a former Texas A&M president and a USDA undersecretary for food safety under President George W. Bush. A Texan has never s...
23 Dec 2016
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- The U.S. Trade Representative is planning a public hearing in mid-February to consider possibly reinstating punitive trade measures against the European Union over the EU's ban on beef grown with certain hormone implants. The hearing starts the process of possibly imposing punitive tariffs on as ...
22 Dec 2016
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Quarterly financials from oil and gasoline companies paint a picture of how a 38-digit number can make a difference of millions of dollars flowing into the liquid fuel business. The market for renewable identification numbers, or RIN, is a major revenue source that generates tens of millions of dolla...
22 Dec 2016
By Elaine KubDTN Contributing Analyst Exactly 70 years ago, on Dec. 20, 1946, New York moviegoers first heard Jimmy Stewart exclaim, "I wish I'd never been born!" (in character as George Bailey from Bedford Falls). The classic Frank Capra film, "It's A Wonderful Life" has been an indelible part of Americana ever since. The grain markets have exper...