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3 Feb 2021
ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- If you find yourself wishing for a normal corn-growing season this year, Bob Nielsen has bad news. "I think we actually need to redefine normal weather," the longtime Purdue corn agronomist said. "Today, normal weather consists of an unpredictable number of unpredictable extreme weather events, each occurring unpredictably w...
2 Feb 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- Six ethanol companies alleging in a lawsuit Archer Daniels Midland manipulated the market have until Wednesday to file a response to ADM's motion to dismiss the case. In November, Wisconsin producers United Wisconsin Grain Producers, Didion Ethanol, Ace Ethanol, Fox River Valley Ethanol, Badger State Ethanol and Iowa producer Pine La...
2 Feb 2021
Former Surface Transportation Board (STB) Chairman Ann Begeman served as the STB chairman and acting chairman between January 2017 and January 2021, and as vice chairman during 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2015. Her second five-year term expired on Dec. 31, 2020, and by statute, she may remain at the STB up to one additional year. That left the position op...
2 Feb 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- A House subcommittee has launched an investigation into COVID-19 outbreaks at meatpacking plants owned by Tyson Foods Inc., JBS USA and Smithfield Foods Inc., as well as the response from the Occupational Health and Safety Administration. When COVID-19 started showing up in packing plants across the country early last year, packing p...
1 Feb 2021
When it comes to calving, Russ Daly will take zero degrees Fahrenheit and sun over 40 degrees F with wind and rain anytime. That warmer temperature may sound better, but the South Dakota State University Extension veterinarian knows the likelihood of hypothermia in a newborn calf is going to be much higher under wet, windy conditions. Daly, based a...