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17 Sep 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor SAN FRANCISCO (DTN) -- Just a few blocks from the commotion and crowds at the Global Climate Action Summit, biofuel advocates gathered Thursday to champion more low-carbon fuel standards that could take the country's biofuels industry in new directions. While the climate summit focused on all the various ways s...
14 Sep 2018
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- A Texas court has issued an injunction against the 2015 waters of the United States, or WOTUS, rule after the Texas attorney general's office told the court it was ready to appeal to a higher court. As a result of a South Carolina court's recent ruling, the rule was in effect in 26 states and on hold ...
14 Sep 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor SAN FRANCISCO (DTN) -- Following some criticism of its numbers for trade aid, USDA on Thursday released a six-page paper detailing how economists came up with the calculations for trade damages when creating the Market Facilitation Program and a food purchasing and distribution program for commodities. Several ...
14 Sep 2018
By Alan BruglerDTN Contributing Analyst USDA threw some bearish numbers at the corn market Wednesday, but pulled their punches a bit on the ending stocks side of the equation. As you may have heard by now, USDA not only disagreed with the private analysts fading their Aug. 1 crop estimates, they said, "We'll see you one and raise you one." Because...
13 Sep 2018
By Elaine KubDTN Contributing Analyst Soybean prices -- yuck. The National Soybean Index, an average of all the cash bids collected by DTN across the country each day, was $7.32 per bushel Tuesday. It's all I can think about, and all anyone asks me about whenever they want to discuss the grain markets. I am sick to my stomach dreading the upcoming ...