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3 May 2022
OMAHA (DTN) -- USDA on Tuesday reported landowners have agreed to enroll more than 2 million acres in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) through the General signup period, with the department expecting more acres to come through the Grasslands and Continuous enrollment periods, which remain open. Right now, USDA expects about 3.4 million acres ...
2 May 2022
This article was originally posted at 3:03 p.m. CDT on Monday, May 2. It was last updated at 4:01 p.m. CDT on Monday, May 2. ** OMAHA (DTN) -- Corn and soybean planting progress fell further behind the five-average pace last week as continued cool and wet conditions kept farmers out of their fields across large portions of the Eastern Corn Belt, Up...
2 May 2022
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- A South Dakota ethanol company recently asked the state's congressional delegation to work toward creating a pathway to allow E30 to be sold nationally, as two Midwest governors reportedly are working on a policy to require state vehicle fleets to run on the 30% ethanol, 70% gasoline blend. In an April 22 letter to South Dako...
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...