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4 Dec 2015
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- CHS Inc. has not been paid nearly $5 million for some 2 million bushels of corn the cooperative delivered to three Abengoa Bioenergy SA ethanol plants in Nebraska and Kansas, according to an amended complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Nebraska Thursday. In addition, two sources told DTN/The Prog...
4 Dec 2015
By Alastair StewartDTN South America Correspondent SAO PAULO, Brazil (DTN) -- Two private Brazilian analytical firms issued opposing forecasts for the country's 2015-16 soybean crop on Friday, with one raising its estimate and the other trimming its outlook. The opposing positions highlight two different points about this year's crop. INTL FCSton...
3 Dec 2015
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- A pair of agricultural foundations are creating a new institute to examine the state of the country's soil and stress the importance of soil in daily life. The Oklahoma-based Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation and the Illinois-based Farm Foundation are announcing the aptly named "Soil Health Institut...
3 Dec 2015
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed the conference report on a highway bill that would also prevent Congress from making a $3 billion cut to the crop insurance program which was included in the budget agreement. The vote was 359 to 65, with no Democrats voting agains...
3 Dec 2015
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- All indications are Abengoa Bioenergy SA continues normal operations at its ethanol plants in the United States despite questions about the Spain-based company's financial health. Abengoa Bioenergy SA filed for protection from its creditors last week, and there were questions about what a potential pe...