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29 Sep 2020
This article was originally posted at 3:05 p.m. CDT on Monday, Sept. 28. It was last updated at 3:38 p.m. CDT on Monday, Sept. 28.**OMAHA (DTN) -- The U.S. corn harvest was slightly behind the five-year average pace while soybean harvest moved further ahead of normal last week, according to the USDA NASS weekly Crop Progress report released on Mond...
28 Sep 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- EPA failed to reallocate biofuel gallons lost to small-refinery exemptions in the 2019 Renewable Fuel Standard volumes, an attorney for Growth Energy argued in an ongoing lawsuit before a federal appeals court on Friday. The attorney asked the court to provide direction to EPA on the issue.Growth Energy filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Co...
28 Sep 2020
By Matthew Wilde Progressive Farmer Crops Editor and Chris Clayton DTN Ag Policy EditorMadrid, Iowa (DTN) -- The Ihle family have been playing an unnerving game of hide-and-seek this harvest.Tin, wood 2x4s with nails, mailboxes, a traffic cone and what seemed like half the town of Madrid, Iowa, was deposited in one of Brian and Mike Ihle's soybeans...
25 Sep 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- EPA on Tuesday released its draft risk assessment of the insecticide chlorpyrifos, finding dietary risks in adults and children, as well as to professional handlers of the chemical.The agency's draft assessment also identifies potential adverse effects in mammals, birds, fish, and terrestrial and aquatic invertebrates.EPA said it wil...
25 Sep 2020
DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- The old childhood ditty "rain, rain go away" is a constant for Ryan Jenkins and Reid Thompson this week.Jenkins has been wallowing in water after Hurricane Sally and now Tropical Storm Beta have turned what was a promising bumper cotton and peanut crop into a muddy mess. "It has been raining and we've barely seen the sun sinc...