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20 Jan 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- President-elect Joe Biden on Monday nominated Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Jewel Bronaugh as deputy secretary of USDA. Bronaugh, who holds a doctorate in career and technical education from Virginia Tech University, brings to USDA an extensive career working with Extension programs and has ser...
20 Jan 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- With President Donald Trump's time in office coming to a close, U.S. farmers will remember a president who spoke to them and for them more often than any other president in modern history. Trump's policies on issues such as trade, energy, the environment and immigration heavily influenced farm prices, leading at times to criticism of...
19 Jan 2021
Editor's Note: This story was updated to clarify AgVend is not a party to lawsuit, even though the lawsuit uses the company as an example. ** MT. JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- A new lawsuit alleges crop input manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers coordinated a boycott of online sales platforms such as Farmers Business Network and AgVend to prevent grea...
19 Jan 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- EPA wants the public to comment on whether the agency should consider a general waiver of Renewable Fuel Standard blend requirements for oil refiners. The agency on Friday released a set of proposals to consider a number of petitions by states to waive Renewable Fuel Standard requirements for small refiners and to make changes to E1...
19 Jan 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- EPA wants the public to comment on whether the agency should consider a general waiver of Renewable Fuel Standard blend requirements for oil refiners. The agency on Friday released a set of proposals to consider a number of petitions by states to waive Renewable Fuel Standard requirements for small refiners and to make changes to E1...