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30 May 2023
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- A second Minnesota man involved in an alleged organic crops conspiracy has pleaded guilty to making a false statement and could spend up to 14 months in jail, according to a plea agreement filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. In addition, Adam Clifford Olson, owner and operator of Olson Seed LLC in ...
29 May 2023
While the Bipartisan Rail Safety Act has yet to be made into law, some states are enacting their own safety laws, one of them being the two-person crew requirement that unions fought for, but did not get, in the recent 2023 negotiations. On May 24, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed a two-person crew bill into law. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Eng...
26 May 2023
By Jerry Hagstrom, DTN Political Correspondent, and Chris Clayton, DTN Ag Policy Editor WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Like so many other political rifts in the U.S., the reaction to the U.S. Supreme Court decision on the Clean Water Act Thursday reflects another divide, though agricultural groups were elated in the ruling that curbs EPA's power to regulate ...
26 May 2023
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- The Supreme Court sided with two Idaho property owners in their ongoing wetlands dispute with EPA on Thursday, ruling EPA's use of the significant nexus test when making Clean Water Act determinations is too broad. In writing the 5-4 majority opinion, Justice Samuel Alito said EPA has misinterpreted the Clean Water Act's reac...
25 May 2023
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (DTN) -- Farmers in 10 states currently banned from using Enlist One and Enlist Duo may get access to the herbicides. This is after a draft biological opinion from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) determined the registration of the products, as proposed, is not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of endangered...