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1 May 2020
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Alleging federal agencies completed the Navigable Waters Protection Act based on "political winds and currents," environmental groups argue in a new federal lawsuit the rule should be vacated. Fourteen groups, led by the South Carolina Coastal Conservation League, filed the lawsuit in the U.S. Distric...
1 May 2020
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- On April 28, the Association of American Pesticide Control Officials (AAPCO) sent EPA a letter asking that the agency consider banning postemergence use of four dicamba herbicides -- XtendiMax (Bayer), Engenia (BASF), FeXapan (Corteva) and Tavium (Syngenta) -- when it makes its decision o...
1 May 2020
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor GLENWOOD, Iowa (DTN) -- Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said Thursday some idled meatpacking plants could start operating again "in days, not weeks," as USDA works to implement an executive order from President Donald Trump. Speaking on Fox News, Perdue said USDA is working with the Centers for Disease Contr...
1 May 2020
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices remain flat compared to last month, with the average price of all eight major fertilizers moving by $3/ton or less, according to prices tracked by DTN for the third week of April, 2020. Six fertilizers were higher in price compared to last month, but none of them were up a sig...
1 May 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- Decatur, Michigan, farmers Michael and Melissa Stamp are heading to trial after their plea agreements were withdrawn by a federal court.Despite reaching deals on felony charges in April 2019 connected to a Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the Stamps now face a June 8, 2020, court hearing on the way to trial.At the end of March, U.S. District J...