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1 Sep 2021
ANKENY, Iowa (DTN) -- Lessons learned from the 2020 derecho can help farmers better manage crops affected by recent severe storms. "There's one good thing with the derecho last year, there's recent experience and knowledge gained from it," said Mark Licht, Iowa State University (ISU) Extension cropping systems specialist. The Aug. 10, 2020 derecho,...
1 Sep 2021
ANKENY, Iowa (DTN) -- Lessons learned from the 2020 derecho can help farmers better manage crops affected by recent severe storms. "There's one good thing with the derecho last year, there's recent experience and knowledge gained from it," said Mark Licht, Iowa State University (ISU) Extension cropping systems specialist. The Aug. 10, 2020 derecho,...
1 Sep 2021
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- EPA wants a second look at its 2019 decision to grant 31 small-refinery exemptions to the Renewable Fuel Standard for 2018, after the Supreme Court ruled this summer that a federal appeals court erred in a January 2020 ruling that favored the ethanol industry. On June 25, the Supreme Court overturned a unanimous ruling by the...
1 Sep 2021
The latest NOAA north-central region drought status update has some daunting statistics: More than half -- 52% -- of the central U.S. is in drought; 24% of the central U.S. is in either extreme (D3) or exceptional (D4) drought; it has been 9.5 years, since 2012, since drought has covered this extensive an area of the central United States. The nort...
31 Aug 2021
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- EPA wants a second look at its 2019 decision to grant 31 small-refinery exemptions to the Renewable Fuel Standard for 2018, after the Supreme Court ruled this summer that a federal appeals court erred in a January 2020 ruling that favored the ethanol industry. On June 25, the Supreme Court overturned a unanimous ruling by the...