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1 Dec 2021
CHELSEA, Ala. (DTN) -- Putting a high-tech charge into its popular Ranger off-road line, Polaris is unveiling Wednesday its all-new Polaris Ranger XP Kinetic. The Ranger Kinetic UTV runs on a new electric powertrain built by Polaris in partnership with Zero Motorcycles. "Time and again, Polaris has demonstrated our commitment to rider-driven innova...
1 Dec 2021
You know that classic fear of first-time futures traders, that someday they will end up having to pay for 5,000 bushels of real, actual, physical grain instead of merely taking a financial profit or loss as the price of a futures contract changes? Well, now we're in the timeframe when that can become a reality for traders who still have open Decemb...
30 Nov 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- Citing his own opposition to the Build Back Better Act, an agricultural tax and law professor detailed some of the tax provisions that were taken out of the bill before a House vote in mid-November, as well as some of the tax provisions still in the bill that could affect farmers and other businesses. Roger McEowen, a professor at Wa...
30 Nov 2021
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- A Texas dairy will be the site of a new biomethane plant announced on Tuesday as part of a joint venture between two renewable energy companies. France-based TotalEnergies and U.S.-based Clean Energy Fuels Corp. are launching construction of a biogas plant at the 3,800-head Del Rio Dairy farm in Friona, Texas, according to a ...
30 Nov 2021
Meteorological winter starts tomorrow, Dec. 1. Why the first day of December instead of on the winter solstice? Well, since the date of the solstice changes between Dec. 21 and 22 each year, it makes it much simpler just to use the first. Us meteorologists like to make things simpler when we can; we do not get much of an opportunity with a complica...