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31 Dec 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- As biofuel producers attempt to force EPA to restore 500 million gallons that a court found were improperly waived from the Renewable Fuel Standard in 2016, a petroleum interest group is arguing those groups have no right to have the gallons remanded. In 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled the E...
31 Dec 2020
Perhaps it was the ancient Egyptians who first put a public price on next year's grain harvest, a radical innovation that gave farmers some certainty and motivation to grow as much grain as possible, fueling a great empire. History tells us it was the medieval Japanese shoguns who first formalized grain trading with interchangeable futures contract...
30 Dec 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- A federal court issued a temporary restraining order on Monday barring the EPA from implementing a new rule on pesticide application exclusion zones. A number of farm worker groups sued EPA on Dec. 16, 2020, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleging the new rule, which was finalized in October, weaken...
30 Dec 2020
By Jerry Hagstom, DTN Political Correspondent, and Chris Clayton, DTN Ag Policy Editor WASHINGTON (DTN) -- The Agriculture Department and the Health and Human Services Department on Tuesday released the 2020 edition of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. The guidelines will be in place through 2025. The theme of the guidelines is "Make Every Bit...
30 Dec 2020
By Jerry Hagstom, DTN Political Correspondent, and Chris Clayton, DTN Ag Policy Editor WASHINGTON (DTN) -- The Agriculture Department and the Health and Human Services Department on Tuesday released the 2020 edition of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. The guidelines will be in place through 2025. The theme of the guidelines is "Make Every Bit...