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23 Aug 2022
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (DTN) -- A group of agricultural leaders from the upper Midwest gathered this week at this lakeside community to dive into the weeds of farm policy to see how producer groups and agribusinesses in the upper Midwest could have more influence on the farm bill. The policy talks marked the inaugural meeting of the Midwest Council o...
23 Aug 2022
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (DTN) -- A group of agricultural leaders from the upper Midwest gathered this week at this lakeside community to dive into the weeds of farm policy to see how producer groups and agribusinesses in the upper Midwest could have more influence on the farm bill. The policy talks marked the inaugural meeting of the Midwest Council o...
23 Aug 2022
By Matthew Wilde, Progressive Farmer Crops Editor and Susan Payne, DTN Social Media Editor ANKENY, Iowa (DTN) -- Details of USDA's new $300 million Organic Transition Initiative, funded in part by the American Rescue Plan, were revealed Monday. The program provides opportunities for new and beginning farmers to transition to organic production to b...
22 Aug 2022
Reactions have been mixed since the Presidential Emergency Board (PEB) 250 report was released on Aug. 16 to the National Carriers' Conference Committee (NCCC) and the United Rail Unions coalition, offering nonbinding recommendations for wages, health insurance and other things. PEB 250 Chairman Ira F. Jaffe and Members Barbara C. Deinhardt and Dav...
19 Aug 2022
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- The EPA said in its dicamba draft risk assessment released on Thursday that the agency continues to struggle to get a grasp on how common off-target incidents of the herbicide has become. EPA said in the 287-page draft risk assessment that in 2021 the agency received nearly 3,500 incident reports not already reported as part ...