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15 Jan 2016
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) --- Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Lawrence MacAulay said that Canada opposes the U.S. Agriculture Department's plan to set up standards for a voluntary country-of-origin labeling program for beef and pork, but the subject did not come up Thursday when MacAulay met with Agri...
15 Jan 2016
By Cheryl AndersonDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The U.S. Grains Council and members of the ethanol industry said this week they stand ready to mount a cooperative defense against an anti-dumping investigation against U.S. dried distillers grains exports to China. China's Ministry of Commerce on Tuesday announced it has initiated anti-dumping an...
14 Jan 2016
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Fort Bridger, Wyoming, rancher Andrew Johnson is negotiating a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in a case that drew national attention when the agency claimed Johnson's stock pond was not exempt from the Clean Water Act. Johnson and EPA were granted a stay in the case for 45 da...
14 Jan 2016
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Des Moines Water Works' nutrients lawsuit against 10 Iowa drainage districts may not go to bench trial as scheduled in August, as a federal judge in Iowa has submitted a list of legal questions to the state's Supreme Court that could determine the future of the lawsuit. The lawsuit could have national...
14 Jan 2016
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (DTN) -- With fewer than three weeks left until the first actual votes for U.S. president, farm policy is largely taking a backseat to other issues, even as candidates barnstorm across Iowa looking to solidify support in a state where farming is the center of the economy. Overall, Craig Hil...