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17 Mar 2022
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- More than 1,000 U.S. farmers and other biofuel supporters, in a letter delivered to the White House by the Renewable Fuels Association on Thursday, asked the Biden administration to turn to biofuels with rising gasoline prices and White House efforts to secure additional crude oil supplies from other nations to replace Russia...
17 Mar 2022
The union Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) reported on their website March 16 that Canadian Pacific (CP) has served them with notice of lockout. In the event there is not a negotiated settlement between the parties, TCRC said CP stated it will lockout the union on Sunday, March 20, 2022, at 00:01 a.m. ET. Canadian Pacific and TCRC began meet...
17 Mar 2022
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- The Clean Water Act has fallen far short of its original goals to have 100% of waters fishable and swimmable by 1983, and a report by the Environmental Integrity Project calls for the elimination of agricultural exemptions from the CWA as part of the fix. For years, farmers and ranchers have had many agriculture practices exe...
16 Mar 2022
OMAHA (DTN) -- Republicans on the House Agriculture Committee on Wednesday used a committee hearing meant to look at USDA climate programs to flip the script and discuss food security, energy prices and high fertilizer prices facing farmers. Coming from a speech in which Congress heard Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ask for more aid in the ...
16 Mar 2022
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Nebraska ag land values increased by an average of 16% compared to 2021, according to a statewide survey by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Agriculture land hit an average of $3,360 per acre, according to the 2022 farm real estate market survey, which is the highest recorded value during the 43-year history of the survey....