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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...
20 Dec 2018
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Prices for three nitrogen fertilizers spiked higher in the second week of December 2018, breaking out of a trend of moderate price increases, according to retail fertilizer prices tracked by DTN. Seven of the eight major fertilizers DTN tracks are higher than last month. UAN28 is 7% higher compared to...
20 Dec 2018
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The signs were alarming. The once physically fit employee in his 30s, who was usually prompt and hardworking, began showing up late to work back in 2014 at Midwest Poultry Services (MPS) in Mentone, Indiana. "He came to us and said he's got an (opioid) addiction," said Dan Krouse, the company's genera...