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13 Jan 2017
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- In a sizeable document dump, EPA released a number of preliminary risk assessments for four neonicotinoid insecticides on Thursday evening, as well as a revised registration review schedule for the chemicals. Final registration decisions on the chemicals are not due until the winter of ...
12 Jan 2017
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices started 2017 the same way they ended 2016 -- with some fertilizer prices lower and some higher compared to a month earlier, according to retailers surveyed by DTN the first week of January 2017. Five of the eight major fertilizers were lower again, although none were considera...
12 Jan 2017
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst OMAHA (DTN) -- In a further escalation of battles between the U.S. and China over trade, China's Ministry of Commerce on Tuesday increased some significant anti-dumping duties and tariffs on distillers dried grains from the U.S. China duties and tariffs -- which have already had a significant impact on expor...
12 Jan 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor WASHINGTON (DTN) -- The U.S. dairy industry is telling President-elect Donald Trump that Canada's dairy policies are protectionist and meant mainly to block imports from the U.S. Further, Canada's policies are a direct violation of the country's commitments under the North American Free Trade Agreement, dairy o...
11 Jan 2017
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent PHOENIX (DTN) -- Delegates to the American Farm Bureau Federation's annual convention here Tuesday voted to maintain the group's commitment to compliance with government conservation standards as a requirement for crop insurance subsidies and to keep the nutrition title that authorizes the food stamp pro...