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20 Dec 2019
By Tregg CroninDTN Contributing Analyst This year will go down in history as one of the most challenging for Midwest producers. Thanks to a persistent wet pattern from spring to winter, producers fought wet fields during planting, heavy moisture during small grain harvest and snowstorms during fall harvest. For some, the season has not ended as har...
20 Dec 2019
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- The EPA made a combined announcement today on two topics: the management of hemp production and the future of atrazine use. The agency recently registered 10 pesticides for use on hemp, to help alleviate the current dearth of products that are legal and safe to use in the fast-growing ind...
20 Dec 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor WASHINGTON (DTN) -- EPA officials on Thursday tried to pitch that they had met President Donald Trump's promise to increase biofuel volumes, but groups representing corn growers, biofuel producers and Midwest senators declared they are underwhelmed and EPA had failed them. EPA finalized a revised rule setting r...
19 Dec 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor WASHINGTON (DTN) -- While the country awaits the impeachment vote expected late Wednesday in the U.S. House of Representatives, the leaders of major farm organizations are waiting for the House to vote on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement in a vote expected on Thursday. Both the American Farm Bureau Federation a...
19 Dec 2019
By Elaine KubDTN Contributing Analyst Countryside corn basis is pretty strong everywhere this December -- as a U.S. nationwide average, corn basis bids are about 15 cents stronger than they were at this time last year. However, there are some hot spots and some cool spots, which suggest the physical grain may have to move in unusual traffic pattern...