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14 Jul 2020
By Jessica Wesson, DTN Intern FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (DTN) -- Concerns about COVID-19 led most states to cancel their fairs, but kids in some states will still receive an opportunity to show their livestock.The organizers of state fairs and other agricultural events faced difficult decisions on how to avoid COVID-19 or reduce the spread of the new coro...
14 Jul 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- The plaintiffs in one of several lawsuits challenging the Navigable Waters Protection Rule have asked a federal court to vacate the rule.In a motion for summary judgment filed at the end of last week, the South Carolina Coastal Conservation League alleges the EPA's new rule is "arbitrary, capricious and unlawful" and asked the U.S. D...
13 Jul 2020
(Dow Jones) -- The two leading superpowers could help heal the world as the coronavirus has damaged global economies.The U.S. has reached a critical inflection point in its relationship with China, made all the more urgent because of the Covid-19 virus.The virus and its resulting pandemic is an unfolding story, presenting new challenges each day, y...
13 Jul 2020
The USDA Crop Production and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimate (WASDE) reports, released Friday, July 10, had a bearish reaction in the markets. In the corn and soy markets, USDA sliced domestic demand, leading to higher-than-expected beginning stocks for 2020-21. Demand for corn was also lowered in the 2020-21 crop year. The cuts in de...
13 Jul 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- Profit margins for typical dry-mill ethanol plants have improved dramatically since May, as the industry was stuck in the mire of the COVID-19 economic shutdown and virtually no demand for fuels.As an increasing number of people are traveling for the summer months and more states are opening up, improving demand for gasoline has led ...