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22 Apr 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- With President Joe Biden pledging Thursday to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in half by the end of the decade, roles continue to be carved out for biofuels, landowners, foresters and farmers along several parallel paths. Some key specifics: -- Biofuel groups are feeling better after seeing the president's plan mention "very low ca...
22 Apr 2021
Smart-tractor manufacturer Monarch Tractor has moved a pair of its fully electric, driver-optional tractors to Wente Vineyards, the oldest, continuously operated family winery in the United States. The Monarch tractors represent the California-based manufacturer's first commercial deployment of its tractor, now in development for 2 1/2 years. "We'v...
22 Apr 2021
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- A Biden administration rewrite of navigable waters definitions may fall somewhere between the Obama administration's 2015 rule and the Trump administration's 2020 version, EPA Administrator Michael Regan told a House subcommittee during a hearing on Wednesday. Regan testified before the House Appropriations subcommittee on EP...
21 Apr 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- The upward momentum in fertilizer prices appeared to level off this week. The average retail price of all eight major fertilizers increased; however, none were up a significant amount, which DTN considers a price move of 5% or more. This is the first week since the beginning of February that no fertilizer's price was up by double-dig...
21 Apr 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- In an effort to increase carbon sequestration and conservation land, USDA on Wednesday announced plans to sign up as many as 4 million acres to the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and increase rental rates, looking to counter a trend of declining CRP enrollment. Ahead of President Joe Biden's climate summit, USDA announced multipl...