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26 Feb 2020
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst The start of the 2019 navigation season in the Upper Mississippi River (UMR) was late and drawn out. The first tow didn't make it to St. Paul, Minnesota, until April 24, 2019, when Motor Vessel Aaron F. Barrett, pushing 12 barges, finally locked through Lock and Dam 2 near Hastings on that date. The average da...
26 Feb 2020
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter HOUSTON (DTN) -- When ClearFlame Engines CEO B.J. Johnson told ethanol industry representatives about the potential ethanol market for the company's all-ethanol diesel engine, those at the recent National Ethanol Conference in Houston could have kissed him. While concerns continue about the future of the Renewable F...
25 Feb 2020
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Despite reaching plea agreements on felony charges in April 2019 connected to a Chapter 11 bankruptcy, farmers Michael and Melissa Stamp of Decatur, Michigan, may be going to trial after all following an unexpected turn of events in a federal court. The Stamps' legal cases have been tied up in court s...
25 Feb 2020
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Despite the biofuels industry operating on thin margins and dealing with federal policy uncertainty in 2019, the number of mergers and acquisitions in the industry was historically low last year, according to a new report from an investment bank focused on biofuels transactions. Overproduction in the ...
25 Feb 2020
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor ARLINGTON, Va. (DTN) -- In his role as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture in Rome, Indiana farmer Kip Tom is fully plugged into the world's food and agricultural crises as they are happening. Speaking to DTN at the USDA Agricultural Outlook Forum on Friday, Tom discussed the...