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17 Jun 2022
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (DTN) -- As President Joe Biden was signing the Ocean Shipping Reform Act into law Thursday, a group of executives from across the agricultural spectrum spoke about the various bottleneck and stress points in the supply chain that continue to plague the sector from the farm to the ocean carrier. The various challenges of labor in r...
17 Jun 2022
OMAHA (DTN) -- Osceola County, Michigan, is home to nearly 25,000 people. Located in the west-central part of the state's lower peninsula, the county is home to many farms that raise different crops such as corn, soybeans, wheat and forages. The county is also sitting on a large underground supply of potassium and could someday be home to a potash ...
16 Jun 2022
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- EPA finalized biological evaluations for three common neonicotinoid insecticides on Thursday. The agency ruled that clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam were "likely to adversely affect" thousands of endangered species and critical habitats. "Because of these findings, EPA has initiated formal consultation with the U.S...
16 Jun 2022
OMAHA (DTN) -- The House of Representatives on Thursday passed legislation to approve year-round E15 ethanol sales, appoint a special investigator at USDA for Packers & Stockyards Act violations, and aid farmers in buying precision agricultural tools that help reduce the use of fertilizer. The bill, H.R. 7606, is a package of separate agricultural-...
16 Jun 2022
Ag tractor and combine sales in May 2022 in the United States fell below the five-year average for the first time since March 2020, the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) reports in its May 2022 Ag Tractor and Combine release. This is the latest evidence that equipment sales have grown soft in at least the near term. Declining tractor sal...