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25 Nov 2015
By George OrwelDTN Energy Reporter NEW YORK (DTN) -- Following multiple delays, the Obama administration is under intense pressure from ethanol, oil and ag commodity groups as well as members of Congress as it prepares to release Renewable Fuel Standard obligation levels for 2014 through 2016 sometime between now and Monday. The Environmental Prot...
25 Nov 2015
By DTN Staff OMAHA (DTN) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said in a court motion Tuesday it wants to pull the plug on Dow AgroScience's Enlist Duo herbicide, citing "new information" it received about the potential environmental effects of the herbicide designed to work with genetically-engineered corn and soybean. In a court document fi...
25 Nov 2015
By Lance WoodburyDTN Farm Family Business Adviser Conflict and family business simply go together. When you work everyday among people with whom you've spent a major portion of your life, your different opinions and approaches are bound to rub each other the wrong way. The question is not whether you will have conflict, but over which issues you wi...
24 Nov 2015
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- As has been the case in recent months, fertilizer prices continue to slide lower slowly, according to retailers tracked by DTN for the third week of November 2015. Meanwhile, farmers are becoming more efficient at squeezing more bushels out of the fertilizer they apply, experts say. All of eight major ...
24 Nov 2015
By Katie MicikDTN Markets Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is proposing a new rule to bring firms that specialize in algorithmic trading, which are responsible for an estimated 35% of futures trade, under its regulatory umbrella. The new rule would require about 100 firms at the most to meet a three-part test to regis...