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9 Nov 2017
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Though no longer an adviser to President Donald Trump, billionaire energy investor Carl Icahn may now be the subject of a federal investigation related to his involvement with the Renewable Fuel Standard. The U.S. Attorney's office for the Southern District of New York has subpoenaed Icahn's comp...
9 Nov 2017
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- House Agriculture Committee leaders and a group of prominent farm lobbyists on Tuesday called on the Trump administration not to withdraw from the North American Free Trade Agreement and to finish the negotiations quickly to avoid a decline in U.S. farm exports. Agriculture Committee ...
9 Nov 2017
By Elaine KubDTN Contributing Analyst Soon it will be as easy for a large pension fund to trade bitcoin as it is to trade corn. The CME group announced last week it would open a market for trading bitcoin futures by the end of this year. It has already been possible, since October, to trade bitcoin options through a central clearinghouse called Led...
8 Nov 2017
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency made label changes to dicamba products for 2018, but some members of an EPA committee question if the changes will reduce the frequency of off-target damage seen on soybeans and other crops in 24 states in 2017. The agency's pesticide program dialogue committee...
8 Nov 2017
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst An October study commissioned by the National Waterways Foundation and U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) was released on Nov. 1 "highlighting the economic benefits associated with reliable inland navigation." The study focused on four geographically different locks on the inland waterways system: Markland ...