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4 Apr 2018
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- With the future of the Renewable Fuel Standard in question, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency may be opening another avenue to expand the role of ethanol in the nation's fuel supply. The EPA on Monday announced it will begin a rewrite of fuel economy and greenhouse gas emission standards for li...
4 Apr 2018
By Todd HultmanDTN Analyst I don't mean to dwell on the past, but it wasn't that long ago (Jan. 12) when USDA increased its corn yield estimate to a higher-than-expected 176.6 bushels an acre and estimated U.S. ending corn stocks at 2.477 billion bushels (bb) for 2017-18, the most since the 1980s. December corn dropped a couple cents that day and l...
4 Apr 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- The Environmental Protection Agency has opened its own "back-door waiver" to the Renewable Fuel Standard by granting retroactive exemptions to RFS obligations to more than a dozen small refiners, including some that are part of highly-profitable refining conglomerates. "I smell a rat. I smell a r...
3 Apr 2018
By Greg D. HorstmeierDTN Editor in Chief OMAHA (DTN) -- Nationwide, U.S. farmers have become positive about both their current situation and their future, pushing the DTN/The Progressive Farmer Agriculture Confidence Index to its third highest level ever. The overall index reached 134.8, up almost 22 points from the December/January level and sligh...
3 Apr 2018
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The Organization for Competitive Markets has filed a legal challenge against USDA for withdrawing a set livestock marketing rules designed to level the playing field for producers while negotiating supply contracts with larger agribusinesses. On Friday, attorneys for OCM filed a 170-page brief asking ...