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2 May 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor CLOVIS, N.M. (DTN) -- Food may be the next frontier in research on a wide array of potentially toxic chemicals increasingly showing up in drinking water and groundwater nationally. Art Schaap and Fred Stone milk dairy cows more than 2,000 miles from each other, but right now, neither one of them can sell their...
1 May 2019
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The EPA continues to find no human health risks associated with the use of glyphosate and the herbicide is not a carcinogen, the agency said in its latest review. However, the agency did acknowledge glyphosate poses some ecological risks. "While the agency did not identify public health risks in the 2...
1 May 2019
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst OMAHA (DTN) -- The domestic distillers dried grains (DDG) average spot price from the 40 locations DTN contacted moved lower again this week versus the prior week, down $3 at $125 per ton for the week ended May 2. In the past three weeks, the DTN average DDG price has dropped a total of $14 per ton. DDG price...
30 Apr 2019
By Matthew Wilde Progressive Farmer Crops Editor JOHNSTON, Iowa (DTN) -- U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue said Monday he knows farmers are hurting, but there are no plans to offer additional aid to farmers affected by the trade dispute with China. Instead, innovation and increased exports will turn around the financial fortunes of farmer...
30 Apr 2019
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Comments submitted before the April 29 deadline have drawn a predictable line in the sand on allowing year-round E15 sales and reforming the biofuels credits market. The ethanol industry made a push for E15 and is unified against credits reform, while refining interests said little about E15 while cal...