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21 Apr 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- The U.S. Senate is ready to move ahead with an agricultural climate bill that has bipartisan support and backing from major agricultural lobbies. The Growing Climate Solutions Act was reintroduced Tuesday in the U.S. Senate by a larger bipartisan group of senators, led by members of the Senate Agriculture Committee. Senators signed ...
20 Apr 2021
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Though ethanol groups see no reason for E15 labels on pumps, the industry offered recommendations to EPA at the close of a public comment period on Monday, suggesting such a label should at least be made clearer to consumers. Back in January EPA proposed a number of possible labeling changes to E15 pumps, including modifying ...
20 Apr 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is taking a lead in making the case for President Joe Biden's infrastructure package in rural America. Buttigieg spoke Tuesday to DTN/Progressive Farmer about the American Jobs Plan, pointing to more funding for roads and bridges, electric vehicles and biofuels, and broadband access. The secret...
20 Apr 2021
ANKENY, Iowa (DTN) -- It is a year of firsts for grain sorghum and some farmers who grow the crop. As a result, acres and prices are on the rise this year and possibly in the future. Kody Carson of Olton, Texas, won't plant corn for the first time this spring in order to seed more sorghum. A field in Kansas farmed by Kent Winter has never been plan...
19 Apr 2021
DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- "Send it" may be a popular phrase when it comes to planting, but this week, many farmers across the Midwest are contemplating whether they should "park it" for a few days. Cold and snow now threaten a wide swath of the country where corn and soybean planting has already been going full throttle. DTN Senior Ag Meteorologist Br...