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16 Sep 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- The Trump administration made it official on Monday, announcing in an EPA news release that the agency will deny all pending gap-year small-refinery exemptions to the Renewable Fuel Standard for 2011-2018."This decision follows President (Donald) Trump's promise to promote domestic biofuel production, support our nation's farmers, an...
15 Sep 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- A federal court is moving closer to temporarily shutting down Dakota Access pipeline operations until future court action plays out.The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit gave the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers until Aug. 31 to detail steps taken by the Corps to resolve concerns with the pipeline. The Corps has ...
15 Sep 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- Free nitrogen fertilizer would be a cost-saving dream for most corn growers. Turns out, more may spill from the sky in the form of rainfall than farmers might expect.New research from the University of Minnesota Extension shows more nutrients are falling in Minnesota's farm fields in the form of rain or snowfall than previously thoug...
14 Sep 2020
Even with all its ups and downs, the 2020 cattle market likely has some opportunity left in it for many cow-calf producers across the country.Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State University Livestock Marketing Specialist, reported the futures markets are looking positive, and with that there are some added options for producers to turn a challenging year i...
14 Sep 2020
WESTON, Mo. (DTN) -- People stick with traditions for a lot of reasons, but usually they like what they are doing, and they remember their parents or grandparents did the same thing.After an unexpected 3/4-inch of rain early on Saturday morning during Labor Day weekend, a couple of farmers just north of Kansas City, Missouri, could have been catchi...