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12 Jan 2016
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- As more than 30 states, numerous agricultural and other industry groups launched a multi-faceted legal battle in 2015 to turn back the waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule, the little-discussed reality is the rule could be fully implemented long before a court addresses the law's validity. The cha...
11 Jan 2016
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- In what could be the first of many legal challenges to the latest Renewable Fuel Standard volume requirements, ethanol and agriculture industry groups on Friday petitioned a federal appeals court to hear a challenge to the RFS finalized by EPA in November 2015. The petition was filed by Americans for ...
11 Jan 2016
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The federal policy roller coaster with the blenders tax credit, along with uncertainty regarding the Renewable Fuel Standard, has led to nearly 70 biodiesel plants idling 600 million gallons of production capacity in the United States in recent years. Uncertainty has eased heading into 2016. "History...
11 Jan 2016
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ST. LOUIS (DTN) -- This bi-monthly column condenses the latest news in the field of crop technology, research and products. DON'T GAMBLE WITH APHIDS The soybean aphid will always win the numbers game. Each year, aphid populations can produce multiple generations within a growing season in the same field, which m...
8 Jan 2016
By Cheryl AndersonDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Although a total won't be known for some time, the High Plains of western Texas and eastern New Mexico are still recovering from a blizzard that resulted in the loss of at least 35,000 cattle. The blizzard swept through a large land mass in these areas on Dec. 27 and into Dec. 28, dumping 2 to 3 f...