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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...
28 Apr 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices continued to increase the third week of April 2021, albeit at a slower pace, according to sellers surveyed by DTN. While all eight of the major fertilizers were higher compared to a month earlier, no fertilizers were significantly higher, which DTN designates as 5% or more. Increases fell between 1% and 4%. U...
28 Apr 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- While fears of farm groups were realized Wednesday as the White House rolled out its tax proposals under the American Families Plan, the White House maintains elimination of stepped-up basis would not apply to family-owned businesses and farms when heirs continue to run those farms and businesses. President Joe Biden will talk in mor...