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12 Jul 2019
By Bryce AndersonDTN Senior Ag Meteorologist OMAHA (DTN) -- The second named Atlantic Basin tropical weather system of the season, Tropical Storm Barry, is threatening to bring storm surge and heavy rain to the central Gulf Coast and the Delta. Barry reached tropical storm status early Thursday afternoon. The National Hurricane Center placed warnin...
12 Jul 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor DES MOINES (DTN) -- Agribusinesses, trade groups and farmers are excited about the prospects of gene-editing technology, but a great deal of unknowns remain about regulations and consumer acceptance. Gene editing drew a lot of attention this week at the BIO World Congress in Des Moines, Iowa, as experts highlig...
12 Jul 2019
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The House Agriculture Committee Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy and Credit on Thursday heard testimony about success stories from small towns where broadband has arrived, as well as continuing challenges in some of the most rural areas of the country. Whether rural America becomes fully eq...
11 Jul 2019
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Independence Day may have been last week, but there were no fireworks in retail fertilizer prices. Prices tracked by DTN for the first week of July 2019 show prices continue to be mixed with no fertilizer posting a significant price move, which DTN considers to be a change of 5% or more. Four fertili...
11 Jul 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor DES MOINES, Iowa, (DTN) -- The uncertainty of the federal Renewable Fuels Standard and political fights with the petroleum industry are giving more weight to the need for major biofuel states to consider their own low-carbon fuel standards. After years of pushing for a federal low-carbon fuels standard, the Gove...