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21 Aug 2019
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst In my July 29 column, "Flooding Turns Mississippi River Into a Sandbox," I discussed the shoaling left behind on nearly the entire Mississippi River System by the 2019 flooding. I noted that the Army Corp of Engineers Rock Island District said that, normally, dredging costs them $2 million, but this year, they...
21 Aug 2019
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- One of the nation's largest ethanol companies announced on Tuesday it will idle a 92-million-gallon plant in Cloverdale, Indiana, following EPA's decision to grant 31 new small-refinery waivers to the Renewable Fuel Standard for 2018. POET, based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, stated it has started the...
20 Aug 2019
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The "Silicon Prairie" is alive and well in Lincoln, Nebraska, which is good news with an ever-increasing world population to feed. Research at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) is pushing the boundaries of precision agriculture. These discoveries could alter the way farmers operate and monitor c...
20 Aug 2019
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst In my July 29 column, "Flooding Turns Mississippi River Into a Sandbox," I discussed the shoaling left behind on nearly the entire Mississippi River System by the 2019 flooding. I noted that the Army Corp of Engineers Rock Island District said that, normally, dredging costs them $2 million, but this year, they...
20 Aug 2019
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst In my July 29 column, "Flooding Turns Mississippi River Into a Sandbox," I discussed the shoaling left behind on nearly the entire Mississippi River System by the 2019 flooding. I noted that the Army Corp of Engineers Rock Island District said that, normally, dredging costs them $2 million, but this year, they...