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7 Feb 2022
OMAHA (DTN) -- Farmers and others looking to get a commercial driver's license (CDL) will now be required to get federally approved training before they are eligible to take the CDL test. The new federal training standards went into effect on Monday, though the trucking industry has been working for a decade to get the new rules in place. Called th...
4 Feb 2022
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- The Nebraska Legislature moved one step closer Thursday to a full floor debate on legislation that would give Nebraska farmers the right to repair their own equipment, as the judiciary committee voted Legislative Bill 543 out of committee. The bill is labeled as a priority of state Sen. Tom Brandt of Plymouth, making the Nebr...
4 Feb 2022
OMAHA (DTN) -- Kent Miller, a water district manager in western Nebraska, felt a little vindicated last month when Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts introduced a plan to explore a nearly 100-year-old clause in a water compact with Colorado to dig out an old canal project near Julesburg to protect Nebraska's water rights. Miller, general manager of the Tw...
4 Feb 2022
ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Will your soil be nursing a herbicide hangover this spring? Weed scientists are warning that persistent drought in the northern Midwest in 2021 may have left behind more than just shriveled yields. Herbicides might also be lurking in the soils, leftover from summer and fall applications made in dry conditions. "Not everyone ...
3 Feb 2022
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Though the Build Back Better Act remains stalled in Congress, the top Republican on the House Agriculture Committee questioned Wednesday whether USDA would be ready to dole out what would be a dramatic increase in conservation funds if the bill eventually passed. The House Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry...