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25 Sep 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- EPA on Tuesday released its draft risk assessment of the insecticide chlorpyrifos, finding dietary risks in adults and children, as well as to professional handlers of the chemical.The agency's draft assessment also identifies potential adverse effects in mammals, birds, fish, and terrestrial and aquatic invertebrates.EPA said it wil...
25 Sep 2020
DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- The old childhood ditty "rain, rain go away" is a constant for Ryan Jenkins and Reid Thompson this week.Jenkins has been wallowing in water after Hurricane Sally and now Tropical Storm Beta have turned what was a promising bumper cotton and peanut crop into a muddy mess. "It has been raining and we've barely seen the sun sinc...
25 Sep 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- As fall harvest begins, using proper safety equipment and knowing how to operate farm machinery safely can go a long way to prevent equipment accidents. Not following these rules, however, can lead to severe injuries or even death for operators.Sept. 20-26, 2020, is National Farm Safety and Health Week with the theme this year being ...
25 Sep 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- Attorneys general in seven states and two agriculture groups will be allowed to file amicus briefs in a lawsuit challenging a USDA rule that eliminated line-speed limits at swine slaughter facilities.On Oct. 1, 2019, the USDA's Food Safety Inspection Service finalized a rule that cut the number of federal inspectors at swine plants b...
24 Sep 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- EPA's decision last week to reject 54 so-called gap-year small-refinery exemptions to the Renewable Fuel Standard may have been a big victory for biofuels and agriculture producers.Yet, leaders of biofuels and ag groups said during a press call on Wednesday the Trump administration has a long way to go to right the RFS ship.EPA indic...