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24 Feb 2020
By Jim PatricoProgressive Farmer Contributor Dave Geise's friends tease him: That shiny new farm shop he recently built is not really a shop, they say, it's a "shouse." Or, maybe it's a "barndominium." Whatever they call the structure, Geise is proud of it. "It's a dream come true," he said of the 127 feet-by-60 feet Morton building that seamlessly...
21 Feb 2020
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Both sides in a federal appeals case challenging EPA's 2017 decision to prohibit scientists from serving on EPA boards if they have grants from the agency delivered oral arguments Wednesday. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit fired questions at attor...
21 Feb 2020
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Production of the insecticide Lorsban is ending, but its active ingredient, chlorpyrifos, is likely to remain on the agricultural landscape in the years to come. Corteva Agriscience took the industry by surprise when it announced in early February that it was voluntarily ending productio...
21 Feb 2020
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Margins continue to be negative at DTN's hypothetical Neeley Biofuels 50-million-gallon ethanol plant and have dropped slightly since our January update. Though the plant is paying less for corn, a drop in the price received for its ethanol has fallen. On Wednesday, the plant reported a net loss of 31...
20 Feb 2020
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Production of the insecticide Lorsban is ending, but its active ingredient, chlorpyrifos, is likely to remain on the agricultural landscape in the years to come. Corteva Agriscience took the industry by surprise when it announced in early February that it was voluntarily ending productio...