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29 Apr 2021
By Todd Neeley and Emily Unglesbee, DTN Staff Reporters LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- The EPA has 60 days to either write a new rule to allow for the safe use of chlorpyrifos or halt all food residue tolerances of the insecticide, which would effectively ban most uses of it, according to a ruling handed down by a federal court on Thursday. In an opinion f...
28 Apr 2021
Since the beginning of the new year, inflation has been something that we've all become more distinctly aware of, whether we've seen the spike in fuel prices, groceries or through other commodities -- it's affected us all to some degree or another. According to the USDA's Changes in the Consumer Food Price Index, compared to year-ago prices (compar...
28 Apr 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices continued to increase the third week of April 2021, albeit at a slower pace, according to sellers surveyed by DTN. While all eight of the major fertilizers were higher compared to a month earlier, no fertilizers were significantly higher, which DTN designates as 5% or more. Increases fell between 1% and 4%. U...
28 Apr 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- While fears of farm groups were realized Wednesday as the White House rolled out its tax proposals under the American Families Plan, the White House maintains elimination of stepped-up basis would not apply to family-owned businesses and farms when heirs continue to run those farms and businesses. President Joe Biden will talk in mor...
27 Apr 2021
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- The future of the small-refinery exemptions program likely will come down to the meaning of the word "extension" in the Renewable Fuel Standard. During oral arguments Tuesday, justices on the U.S. Supreme Court quizzed attorneys for the federal government, biofuels groups and refiners on how they interpret the word. Refining ...