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10 Sep 2021
The Handy Bt Trait table is a corn farmer's best friend. The chart lists every commercially available Bt corn product, one by one, and untangles the traits within. Every year, it is used by farmers, scientists, industry and others to sort through the nine insecticidal corn traits on the market, cross-licensed in dozens of branded packages within va...
9 Sep 2021
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- State corn checkoffs in Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri announced they are investing $1.25 million to help expand E85 availability in the state of California. Under the low-carbon fuel standard in California, ethanol and E85 have accounted for the majority of fuels used to comply with the law. The Nebraska Corn Board announced ...
9 Sep 2021
DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- Ryan Wieck typically starts his day tackling the toughest thing on the chore list. "Things never get better when I put them off. Unfortunately, it's also a good way to blow up my entire day," said the Umbarger, Texas, farmer. Kellie Blair admits she also goes into each farming day with good intentions of following a schedule....
9 Sep 2021
DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- Ryan Heiniger turned a hunt for parts this summer into a road trip his 14-year-old son, Matthew, will never forget. The Burlington, Iowa, farmer had spotted some items on Craigslist that appeared to have promise in helping restore a vintage bucket elevator on the farm. Why not turn the journey to inspect the parts into an adv...
8 Sep 2021
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Agriculture and biofuels groups on Tuesday asked a federal court to set deadlines for EPA to review 31 small-refinery exemptions to the Renewable Fuel Standard for 2018, and to vacate those exemptions while the review is ongoing. The 31 exemptions that had been granted by EPA earlier involve roughly 1.3 billion gallons of ren...