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5 Nov 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- The Biden administration made the case at the COP 26 conference in Scotland that agriculture and forestry can provide a solution for mitigating greenhouse-gas emissions by incentivizing farmers to sequester carbon. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack highlighted the administration's goals to lower emissions from farming and ranching du...
5 Nov 2021
Whatever the near-term effects of the John Deere strike on delivery of machines and parts, the on-again, off-again, on-again walkout appears to be having only a marginal impact so far on the already existing months-long shortages of parts and new equipment. It's a strange time for the farm equipment industry, even without the production implication...
5 Nov 2021
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- The EPA on Friday denied one small-refinery exemption petition to the Renewable Fuel Standard, according to the agency RFS dashboard, leaving 65 petitions still pending. The denial of a small-refinery petition is the first for the Biden administration, following 88 exemptions granted by the Trump administration in four years....
4 Nov 2021
As the world wheat market continues to deal with low supplies brought on by droughts in Northern hemisphere countries during 2021, the Southern Hemisphere wheat harvest is beginning. At this point, it appears that the total wheat crop to be brought in from Australia and Argentina will be a big one -- not a total game-changer when it comes to world ...
4 Nov 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- After key election losses such as the Virginia governor's race, House Democrats are seeking to move ahead on President Joe Biden's domestic policies with an expected vote on the $1.75 trillion "Build Back Better Act." The newest version of the bill was sent to the House Rules Committee on Wednesday afternoon with the committee holdin...