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27 Dec 2021
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Although ordered by a federal court in 2017 to conduct an Endangered Species Act review of the insecticide cyantraniliprole, the EPA has yet to conduct such a review and has not made plans to do so, a new lawsuit filed by a food safety group alleges. The Center for Biological Diversity and the Center for Food Safety asked a f...
23 Dec 2021
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. (DTN) -- It was too late to escape, so Jim Rathbun, 84 years old, didn't run from the fire. He hid from it. He'd been in his home, just south of Natoma, Kansas, on Dec. 15 when he heard an explosion. He looked out the west windows of his farmhouse and took in a scene almost biblical -- dark clouds of smoke and a wall of adv...
23 Dec 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- With an approaching January deadline for a voter-approved animal welfare law, Massachusetts' governor signed into law modifications meant to avoid possible price spikes for eggs and pork, while litigation continues in California to potentially halt rules over that state's hog and chicken housing law. After reaching a deal this past w...
22 Dec 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices continued to rise the second week of December 2021, according to sellers surveyed by DTN. There are signs, however, that the climb may be slowing somewhat. Only three of the eight major fertilizers showed a significant move higher; DTN designates a substantial move as anything 5% or more. This is the first ti...
22 Dec 2021
DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- All Alex Millershaski wants for Christmas is some rain to give his wheat crop a fighting chance. The winds that blew through the Kansas wheat belt last week scarified the soil surface in many areas, leaving behind questions about how wheat will fare. "They always say wheat has nine lives or more," said Millershaski, who farms...