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24 Dec 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Mick Henderson, board chairman for the Renewable Fuels Association and general manager of a Kentucky ethanol plant, was among the large group of people tied to farm groups and related industries who attended the White House farm bill signing ceremony Thursday. President Donald Trump signed the 201...
21 Dec 2018
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- There was a dry creek bed near his Columbus, Indiana, farm. In his mind's eye, Randy Hedrick still sees his father lying dead, trapped underneath an overturned four-wheeler in loamy soil. The search ended there, but Hedrick's own life started to become crystal clear. Growing up watching his father's e...
21 Dec 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- USDA released its long-awaited final rule that will require companies to create labels or use technology to inform consumers about food ingredients from bioengineered crops or fish. Agricultural groups praised the USDA National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard, while other groups that had c...
21 Dec 2018
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (DTN) -- The changes coming to the U.S. Congress represent a new opportunity for the fertilizer industry to educate freshman lawmakers that the fertilizer industry is important and helps to feed the world, according to a fertilizer industry official. With Democrats winning control of the U.S. House...
20 Dec 2018
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and wholesale drug distributors contributed to the worsening opioid addiction epidemic in West Virginia, a new Congressional report on an 18-month investigation concluded, by not closely monitoring the flow of opioid painkillers into rural areas of the state. I...