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13 Nov 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor LENEXA, Kan. (DTN) -- A year into his second stint as EPA's Region 7 administrator, Jim Gulliford said he remains committed to compliance over enforcement in working with agriculture and other industries in the four-state region, which includes Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska. Gulliford visited with DTN last...
13 Nov 2018
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- A 202.53-bushel wheat yield and a third consecutive win in the National Wheat Yield Contest would satisfy many growers, but Phillip Gross still sees room for improvement. "I think by increasing seed population and trying to encourage more tillers in the fall, we could have done better," t...
12 Nov 2018
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The Keystone XL pipeline project hit yet another snag, as a federal court in Montana on Thursday overturned President Donald Trump's administration's approval of a permit to build the pipeline. The U.S. District Court for the District of Montana, Great Falls division, vacated the approval and remanded...
12 Nov 2018
By Lori CullerDTN HR Columnist The average American farmer is 58 years old, according to the 2012 Census of Agriculture. Farmers over 55 control more than half of the country's farmland, and one in two is likely to retire in the next decade. Combined with a three-decade-long decline in the number of new farmers joining the ranks, it's becoming more...
12 Nov 2018
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Just how complex will dicamba use be in 2019? So complex that the three new dicamba labels released by EPA last week are each around 40 pages long and accompanied by nearly 200 pages of documents detailing the herbicides' registration requirements and their potential impacts on the gener...