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18 Sep 2019
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- The Agriculture Department's Food Safety and Inspection Service on Tuesday published a rule in the Federal Register that ends government limits on the speeds that swine go through inspection lines. The rule will also make other changes that USDA said will improve the inspection proces...
18 Sep 2019
By Todd Neeley DTN Staff Reporter and By Chris Clayton DTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Recent media reports outlining a possible agreement on the Renewable Fuel Standard may sound promising for the biofuels industry and agriculture, but Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, told agriculture journalists on Tuesday that he'll hold off celebrating just y...
18 Sep 2019
By Alton WallaceDTN Progressive Farmer Energy Reporter CANYON LAKE, Texas (DTN) -- Diesel fuel prices surged Monday as oil markets reacted to weekend news of a drone attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities that took an estimated 50% of the country's production offline. "Before the Sept. 14 drone attacks on Saudi oil facilities, the outlook for diese...
17 Sep 2019
By Anthony GrederDTN Managing Editor This article was originally posted at 3:05 p.m. CDT on Monday, Sept. 16. It was last updated at 3:50 p.m. CDT on Monday, Sept. 16. ** OMAHA (DTN) -- U.S. corn and soybean conditions held mostly steady last week, but both crops are still significantly behind the average pace in reaching maturity, according to USD...
17 Sep 2019
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst The Columbia-Snake River System in the Pacific Northwest is the nation's single largest wheat export gateway, transporting over 50% of all U.S. wheat to markets overseas. That all came to a temporary, but very significant, stoppage at the Bonneville Lock and Dam, located about 40 miles northeast of Portland, O...