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28 Nov 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- A Louisiana congressman who serves on the House Agriculture Committee wants to change the way soybean farmers are paid under USDA's trade-aid program. Rep. Ralph Abraham, a Republican who represents most of eastern Louisiana bordering Mississippi and Arkansas, introduced a bill to adjust how USDA...
28 Nov 2018
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- EPA's decision to continue the registration of three dicamba herbicides has reverberated far beyond D.C. -- through Midwest soybean fields, Southern cotton fields and all the way to Seattle, Washington, where the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is mulling a lawsuit over these very her...
27 Nov 2018
By Victoria G. MyersProgressive Farmer Senior Editor When Reiss and Heather Bruning wanted to move a generations-old operation from a long tradition of private treaty sales to public auction, they found it easier to ask for forgiveness than permission. "We lined it all up, told them the sale date and hoped everything would work out the way we want...
27 Nov 2018
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The release of a proposed discussion bill last week aimed at phasing out the Renewable Fuel Standard in favor of a national octane standard appears to be a non-starter for biofuel interest groups. On the day before Thanksgiving, Reps. John Shimkus, R-Ill., and Bill Flores, R-Texas, released what they ...
27 Nov 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Farmers in some regions of the country could see higher short-term productivity because of a warming climate, but crops and livestock face greater risks if more steps aren't taken to curb the rise in greenhouse gas emissions, the National Climate Assessment warns. Farm groups and experts say farm...