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22 Aug 2022
Reactions have been mixed since the Presidential Emergency Board (PEB) 250 report was released on Aug. 16 to the National Carriers' Conference Committee (NCCC) and the United Rail Unions coalition, offering nonbinding recommendations for wages, health insurance and other things. PEB 250 Chairman Ira F. Jaffe and Members Barbara C. Deinhardt and Dav...
19 Aug 2022
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- The EPA said in its dicamba draft risk assessment released on Thursday that the agency continues to struggle to get a grasp on how common off-target incidents of the herbicide has become. EPA said in the 287-page draft risk assessment that in 2021 the agency received nearly 3,500 incident reports not already reported as part ...
19 Aug 2022
OMAHA (DTN) -- President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act, a bill focusing on climate change and health care that includes significant spending for USDA conservation and rural renewable energy programs. The $739 billion overall spending act includes $369 billion for various programs tied to renewable energy and reduc...
19 Aug 2022
WOODWARD, Iowa (DTN) -- Farmers stressed the pressures they are facing with fertilizer prices, including import tariffs, as well as Mexico's stance on genetically engineered crops and the need for continued access to foreign markets as an Iowa congresswoman hosted U.S. Trade Ambassador Katherine Tai and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Thursday...
18 Aug 2022
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- A new EPA draft ecological risk assessment released Thursday finds the herbicide dicamba potentially adversely affects birds, mammals, bees, freshwater fish, aquatic vascular plants, and non-target terrestrial plants, with the "primary risk of concern" for non-target terrestrial plants through spray drift and volatilization. ...