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23 Feb 2022
OMAHA (DTN) -- Average retail prices for most fertilizers continued to climb the second full week of February 2022, according to sellers surveyed by DTN. For the second week in a row, prices of all but one of the major fertilizers were higher compared to last month. Seven of the eight major fertilizer prices were higher, with one fertilizer up a co...
23 Feb 2022
Barb Baylor Anderson, Progressive Farmer Contributor Jerry Seuntjens has changed the way he views his farm. Rather than seeing 2,100 acres of corn and soybeans, he sees one ongoing, on-farm trial. The Kingsley, Iowa, fourth-generation farmer has been using digital farming tools since 2015, layering in more data each year so he can fill in the blank...
22 Feb 2022
NEW ORLEANS (DTN) -- An EPA official speaking at the National Ethanol Conference on Tuesday committed the Biden administration to supporting higher use of biofuels and to put "biofuel use on a sustainable trajectory of growth" while moving with "urgency" to finalize the Renewable Fuel Standard blend volumes for 2022. Sarah Dunham, director of EPA's...
22 Feb 2022
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Any hopes by biofuels producers for the EPA to finalize already-late Renewable Fuel Standard volumes this spring may have ended, as the agency struck a settlement with Growth Energy this week that requires EPA to finalize 2021 and 2022 volumes by June 3. With a number of outstanding lawsuits and threats of lawsuits pending, G...
22 Feb 2022
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a petition filed by Dakota Access LLC in September 2021 that argued the federal court that ordered an environmental review of the pipeline didn't have the authority. The Supreme Court's rejection of the petition means that the ongoing environmental review of the pipeline will continue. Th...