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5 Aug 2022
DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- Oh snap! Another storm tore through Kevin Harsch's Nebraska cornfields in late July -- breaking off an estimated 10% of the stalks. Adding insult to injury, the field had already been replanted due to an earlier wind and hail event. Several factors influence the occurrence and severity of greensnap -- the condition where stro...
5 Aug 2022
OMAHA (DTN) -- As the U.S. Senate could move toward a possible Saturday vote on a major climate bill, some in agriculture see opportunities in tax credits, renewable energy programs and USDA conservation programs to expand climate-smart agriculture. The White House has ramped up its messaging over the Inflation Reduction Act. Republicans in the Sen...
4 Aug 2022
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- A veterinarian told the Supreme Court in a brief filed on Thursday that the pork industry already has in place systems to allow producers across the country to easily comply with California's Proposition 12. In briefs filed ahead of oral arguments before the court on Oct. 11, the National Pork Producers Council and others hav...
4 Aug 2022
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- With the ongoing battle for ethanol producers to secure shipping containers, the largest ethanol producer in the U.S. announced the acquisition of one of the largest rail-to-container terminals in the Southeast. Sioux Falls, South Dakota-based Poet LLC has acquired Savannah, Georgia-based Savannah Marine Terminal, according t...
4 Aug 2022
A hot case just wrapped up in New York state. Police there arrested the president and founder of Asha's Farm Sanctuary, Tracy Murphy, for grand larceny after cattle belonging to an area cattle producer wound up on the property. The owner of the cows, Scott Gregson, told the state police he did not know how the two ended up on sanctuary property. He...