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5 Jun 2019
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ARLINGTON, Va. (DTN) -- At a state pesticide regulatory meeting this week, some state officials threatened to stop reporting their dicamba damage incidents to the EPA during the 2019 growing season, after their past reporting efforts did not bring about substantial changes to agency's dicamba registrations. "T...
5 Jun 2019
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Farms are now exempt from reporting air emissions from animal waste after the EPA on Tuesday finalized a new rule amending the emergency release notification regulations under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, or EPCRA. In April 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of...
5 Jun 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor HAMBURG, Iowa (DTN) -- Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds toured flooded areas of the southwest corner of her state on Monday, making a point that she was waiting to hear if and when Congress would give final approval for a disaster-aid package. The House of Representatives voted 354-58 late Monday to approve the long-awai...
4 Jun 2019
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Predicting how a legal case plays out can be dangerous territory, but an attorney representing ethanol interests in an expected petroleum industry challenge to EPA's final E15 rule said the agency appears to be on solid ground with the rule. In a Renewable Fuels Association news call on Monday, Bryan...
4 Jun 2019
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst It has been a rough year for commerce on the Mississippi River system, and it continues to worsen as nonstop rains keep adding to already swollen rivers. Many areas are already cresting for a third time, meaning they have dropped below flood stage, only to rise again. Barge logistics on the Mississippi River h...