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1 Aug 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- The linkage between conservation compliance and crop insurance premium subsidies continues to draw complaints, but a new study by USDA's Economic Research Service shows the link helps reduce the farming risks on highly erodible lands and wetland conversions. Coupling insurance and conservation c...
1 Aug 2017
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst At approximately 6:05 p.m. on Aug. 1, 2007, the unthinkable happened in Minneapolis, Minnesota. I had worked late that day in downtown Minneapolis and was heading to my car when the streets suddenly filled with fire engines, police cars and ambulances, sirens blaring, heading toward the Mississippi River. The...
1 Aug 2017
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst At approximately 6:05 p.m. on Aug. 1, 2007, the unthinkable happened in Minneapolis, Minnesota. I had worked late that day in downtown Minneapolis and was heading to my car when the streets suddenly filled with fire engines, police cars and ambulances, sirens blaring, heading toward the Mississippi River. The...
31 Jul 2017
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency erred in how it interpreted an "inadequate domestic supply" waiver provision in the Renewable Fuel Standard in 2016 volumes and must review the final volumes for 2014 to 2016, a federal court said on Friday. An ethanol group immediately hailed the ruling as a m...
31 Jul 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Demonstrating increased communication with his Mexican counterpart, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue has been in the Yucatan Peninsula over the last couple of days touring a pork processing facility and talking trade. Perdue spoke with reporters Friday about some aspects of his trip and a...