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9 Oct 2015
By Cheryl AndersonDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The Food Safety Modernization Act is described by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as "the most sweeping reform of our food safety laws in more than 70 years." With a lengthy list of new rules and regulations, FSMA has many implications for the feed and grains industry as well as ethanol prod...
8 Oct 2015
By Darin NewsomDTN Senior Analyst OMAHA (DTN) -- The most shocking thing about the October Crop Production and Supply and Demand reports would be if USDA's numbers are outside pre-report ranges. USDA will release the two reports at 11 a.m. CDT Friday. SOYBEANS Let's start this preview by looking at soybeans, not because the world will be payi...
8 Oct 2015
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- If there's any question about what the Renewable Fuel Standard means to the rural economy, just wait a few weeks from now when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is expected to announce final volumes for three years. That announcement could yield almost immediate market effects, Chip Bowling, pr...
8 Oct 2015
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Despite public claims by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that it reached out to agriculture groups on the new waters of the United States rule, a number of groups continue to seek information about how the new rule will affect farmers and ranchers. This week a number of ag and forestry groups...
7 Oct 2015
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst A variety of quality issues in the U.S. soft red winter crop -- including low falling numbers and vomitoxin -- have led to a wide basis spread in cash prices available at domestic mills versus export terminals or feed users. Soft red winter wheat (SRW) accounts for 15% to 20% of total U.S. production and is gr...