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17 May 2021
This article was originally posted at 3:03 p.m. CDT on Monday, May 17. It was last updated at 3:55 p.m. CDT on Monday, May 17. ** OMAHA (DTN) -- U.S. soybean planting continued at its fastest pace in over 12 years last week thanks to mostly favorable weather, according to USDA NASS' weekly Crop Progress report on Monday. NASS estimated that 61% of ...
17 May 2021
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- A former cellulosic-ethanol plant in Hugoton, Kansas, will soon be home to a new renewable diesel plant after the facility once lauded as cutting edge in biofuels production changed ownership hands several times. Seaboard Energy announced at the end of April plans to complete construction of a plant by Dec. 31, 2021, on the f...
17 May 2021
WASHINGTON (DTN) -- The U.S. dairy industry continues pushing for trade officials to start addressing actions by Canada on tariffs and quotas as U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai meets online with trade officials from Mexico and Canada through Tuesday. Trade officials from the three countries are holding the inaugural gathering of the United ...
17 May 2021
ANKENY, Iowa (DTN) -- The Wheat Quality Council's annual Hard Winter Wheat Tour returns this week with a few new twists. Typically, the four-day tour of mostly Kansas wheat fields is held during the first week of May. But it was delayed two weeks this year to allow more time for participants to get COVID-19 vaccinations, with hopes of boosting part...
14 May 2021
ANKENY, Iowa (DTN) -- The Wheat Quality Council's annual Hard Winter Wheat Tour returns next week with a few new twists. Typically, the four-day tour of mostly Kansas wheat fields is held during the first week of May. But it was delayed two weeks this year to allow more time for participants to get COVID-19 vaccinations, with hopes of boosting part...