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30 Apr 2021
Death from grain entrapment is a tragedy by horrific suffocation. Tragically, entrapments are preventable -- fewer are accidents, more are the result of an intentional decision to enter grain bins even with evidence of risk. Rarely are there witnesses to the outcome. The film "SILO" does stand witness to those deaths, showing viewers what few see. ...
29 Apr 2021
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Agriculture interests on the front lines of charting a climate course for farmers and ranchers say there may never be another time like the present to expand conservation and other carbon-sequestration programs. With numerous pieces of federal legislation introduced that could provide economic opportunities for agriculture to...
29 Apr 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- In a speech full of big-spending proposals, President Joe Biden made his case in a joint address to Congress Wednesday evening that the federal government can do more to rebuild infrastructure and pay more for education, social services and health care. But paying for trillions in new spending will require more taxes on corporations ...
29 Apr 2021
By Todd Neeley and Emily Unglesbee, DTN Staff Reporters LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- The EPA has 60 days to either write a new rule to allow for the safe use of chlorpyrifos or halt all food residue tolerances of the insecticide, which would effectively ban most uses of it, according to a ruling handed down by a federal court on Thursday. In an opinion f...
28 Apr 2021
Since the beginning of the new year, inflation has been something that we've all become more distinctly aware of, whether we've seen the spike in fuel prices, groceries or through other commodities -- it's affected us all to some degree or another. According to the USDA's Changes in the Consumer Food Price Index, compared to year-ago prices (compar...