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8 Aug 2022
The Freight Rail Shipping Fair Market Act, introduced in the House, includes several updates that would provide fairer treatment for agricultural shippers. The most recent STB Reauthorization expired almost two years ago. On Aug. 2, Chair of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials Donald M. Payne, Jr., D-N.J., Chair of the ...
8 Aug 2022
OMAHA (DTN) -- Farmers will be offered more incentives to plant cover crops or adopt other conservation practices after Democrats in the Senate pushed through the Inflation Reduction Act on Sunday, a bill considered key to President Joe Biden's agenda on climate change and health care. Vice President Kamala Harris broke a 50-50 tie to pass the bill...
5 Aug 2022
OMAHA (DTN) -- A USDA survey of farm real estate values shows the average farm increased in value by 12.4% nationally over the past year, with Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska showing the highest growth in farmland values. USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service released the survey on farmland values Friday. The report looks at all farm real estat...
5 Aug 2022
DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- Oh snap! Another storm tore through Kevin Harsch's Nebraska cornfields in late July -- breaking off an estimated 10% of the stalks. Adding insult to injury, the field had already been replanted due to an earlier wind and hail event. Several factors influence the occurrence and severity of greensnap -- the condition where stro...
5 Aug 2022
OMAHA (DTN) -- As the U.S. Senate could move toward a possible Saturday vote on a major climate bill, some in agriculture see opportunities in tax credits, renewable energy programs and USDA conservation programs to expand climate-smart agriculture. The White House has ramped up its messaging over the Inflation Reduction Act. Republicans in the Sen...