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9 Sep 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- President Donald Trump reportedly has ordered the EPA to reject 67 so-called gap-year small-refinery exemption requests weeks after Trump said he would speak directly to the agency.In addition to a report by Reuters on Wednesday morning, one industry source told DTN on background Trump gave the agency marching orders. EPA did not res...
9 Sep 2020
DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- It's all hands on deck for Ryan Jenkins as the crop calendar moves toward harvest. However, the Jay, Florida, farmer is wondering if he might not need a few more hands.Reid Thompson is feeling similar labor pains. Harvest logistics and finding qualified personnel are the two toughest things his farm faces each year, he mainta...
9 Sep 2020
This article was originally posted at 3:04 p.m. CDT on Tuesday, Sept. 8. It was last updated at 3:34 p.m. CDT on Tuesday, Sept. 8.**OMAHA (DTN) -- U.S. corn and soybean ratings fell again last week, according to the USDA NASS weekly Crop Progress report released on Tuesday.NASS estimated that 61% of the nation's corn crop was in good-to-excellent c...
8 Sep 2020
"Our hunger for absolute certainty is rarely satisfied even in the relationships we believe are permanent and predictable." -- Pauline Boss, "Ambiguous Loss: Learning To Live With Unresolved Grief"We have all felt loss and the pain that results from it in our lives. Losing a loved one, a job, a friend or a business are some of the situations in whi...
8 Sep 2020
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- With Brazil's tariff-free quota expiring on Tuesday leading to an increase to a 20% tariff on all ethanol imports from the United States, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue told DTN on Friday a deal between the two countries would be announced soon.The Brazilians let the Aug. 31 deadline pass this week without announc...