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2 May 2022
Over 25 rail-shipper groups, representing all industries using rail cars to ship products, and all rail-worker unions gave the Surface Transportation Board (STB) no-holds-barred testimonies during the Urgent Issues in Freight Rail Service hearings April 26 and 27 at the STB's headquarters in Washington, D.C. The four Class I railroads in the hot se...
29 Apr 2022
EAST LANSING, Mich. (DTN) -- The chairwoman and ranking member of the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee said Friday they expect to work together to look at the agricultural and food-aid proposals in President Joe Biden's aid package released on Thursday. As DTN reported, farmers would see higher USDA commodity loan rates and crop-insurance incentiv...
29 Apr 2022
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- The EPA on Friday granted an emergency waiver to allow E15 sales to continue through the summer months this year, following up on an announcement President Joe Biden made during a visit to an Iowa ethanol plant in recent weeks. The action comes one day after a group of eight Midwest governors made an official request of EPA A...
29 Apr 2022
EAST LANSING, Mich. (DTN) -- Farmers would see higher USDA commodity loan rates and crop-insurance incentives to grow crops such as wheat and soybeans, as well as consider double-crop options, as part of a $500 million proposal in a Ukraine aid package released by the White House on Thursday. President Joe Biden put forward a $33 billion package of...
28 Apr 2022
ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Everyone hates the part of the movie where the defenseless young protagonist ventures down into a dark, damp basement, teeming with unknown horrors. So, try not to do that to your own vulnerable young seedlings this spring, plant pathologists suggest. Many opportunistic soil-borne diseases are lurking in crop fields, and the...