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13 Mar 2019
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The EPA on Tuesday released a much-anticipated rule to allow year-round E15 sales and to reform the biofuels credits market, with plans to finalize the rule by the start of the summer driving season on June 1. The rule also includes proposed reforms to the market for Renewable Identification Numbers,...
13 Mar 2019
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Last week, Mike Manion was busy trying to keep baby calves alive as winter maintained its icy grip on much of the Midwest. The Hemingford, Nebraska, rancher and cattle feeder was rotating calves into barns and hot boxes and then letting them outside once they were strong enough to survive. "With it bei...
12 Mar 2019
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst The opening of the Bonnet Carre Spillway on Feb. 27 was the first time in history that it had been opened in consecutive years. It is also the third time in four years that it has been opened, and the 13th time it has been operated since construction was completed in 1931. Operation of the structure will relie...
12 Mar 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Despite some lobbying last month by the crop-insurance industry, the Trump administration's budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2020 again calls for reducing crop-insurance premiums, lowering income eligibility and reducing crop-insurance underwriting gains. The budget would also tighten income eligi...
12 Mar 2019
By Charles Johnson Progressive Farmer Contributing Editor The Chappell brothers use a simple principle to guide their crop-management decisions: Healthy soil helps make a healthy farm. It starts by thinking small. "The big key is the mycorrhizal network in the soil," said Adam Chappell, of Cotton Plant, Arkansas. "That means the soil is alive. If ...