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28 Jan 2020
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Optimism has fallen out of the commodity and stock markets as the number of infections rise from the coronavirus in China, which has spread to the U.S., Canada and now at least 13 other countries. As of Monday, Chinese officials had confirmed at least 2,800 cases of the virus with at least 82 dea...
27 Jan 2020
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- A federal court ruled EPA didn't have the authority to issue small-refinery exemption extensions to three companies that were not granted waivers originally. The ruling could affect how the agency implements the program. In a ruling handed down by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit in Denv...
27 Jan 2020
By DTN Staff OMAHA (DTN) -- A last-minute continuance on Friday paused the most-recent court case against Bayer AG claiming its Roundup herbicide causes cancer. According to news reports and a Bayer statement, both sides agreed to the continuance as parties discuss a potential settlement. The St. Louis, Missouri, case was near completion and about...
27 Jan 2020
By Katie DehlingerDTN Farm Business Editor MOUNT JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- In 2014, the choice between the Agricultural Risk Coverage program and the Price Loss Coverage program was simple. High corn and soybean prices translated to high benchmark revenues, which in turn, front-loaded ARC-County payments in the early years of the program and made it a...
24 Jan 2020
By DTN Staff This article was originally posted at 2:04 p.m. CST on Friday, Jan. 24. It was last updated at 2:40 p.m. ** OMAHA (DTN) -- Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 12.0 million head on Jan. 1, 2020. The inventory was 2% above Jan. 1, 2019, USDA NASS...