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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...
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 ...