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16 May 2016
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Ag retailers who sell fertilizers have sued the Occupational Safety Hazard Administration over the agency's move to further regulate anhydrous ammonia in what the industry sees as a change that could hurt agricultural retailers. The Agriculture Retailers Association is challenging OSHA in federal cour...
16 May 2016
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- The EPA is weighing a request for a Section 18 emergency use exemption of sulfoxaflor, the active ingredient in Dow's Transform insecticide, for cotton growers in three Southern states. The EPA posted the request on the Federal Register for public comments through May 20. After that peri...
13 May 2016
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The Des Moines Water Works nutrient runoff lawsuit against 10 drainage districts in Iowa has been pushed back a year. On Thursday, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa in Sioux City set a new trial date for June 26, 2017. The federal lawsuit was filed against drainage districts in...
13 May 2016
By Jim PatricoProgressive Farmer Senior Editor PLATTSBURG, Mo. (DTN) -- The acquisition season continues. Japanese giant Kubota on Friday announced it has reached an agreement to purchase Great Plains Manufacturing based in Salina, Kansas. The deal comes in the midst of a six-month period when farm equipment manufacturers large and small have sough...
13 May 2016
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- High Plains pastures and rangeland is growing historically well this spring thanks to plenty of moisture in the region. That's good news for grazers from North Dakota to Texas as cattleman continue to rebuild beef cows herds that were reduced in recent dry years. Pasture and rangeland conditions are i...