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31 May 2018
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Ethanol and agriculture groups sued the EPA on Tuesday in response to the agency's recent approval of small-refinery waivers from the Renewable Fuel Standard granted in recent years, according to a lawsuit filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit in Denver. The Renewable Fuels Associati...
31 May 2018
By Lori CullerDTN HR Columnist Productive farms must work together as a team. Each employee plays a role on the team, whether it's to operate heavy equipment or manage finances from behind a desk. The team should be built on a solid foundation of communication, trust and accountability. The question is: How can a group of employees create and susta...
30 May 2018
By Daniel DavidsonDTN Contributing Agronomist EDITOR's NOTE: Becoming better nitrogen (N) managers in corn production starts with planning. In this article, originally written in 2017, agronomist Dan Davidson walks us through how to account for all nitrogen forms as we think about in-season applications. ** There are many good ways to manage N in-s...
30 May 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Investigators at the Food and Drug Administration spent the past two months trying to track the source of romaine lettuce linked to 172 confirmed illnesses, 75 hospitalizations and at least one death. The FDA found at least one Arizona farm involved but agency investigators can't confirm if all of...
30 May 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- The U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday that Bayer and Monsanto will have to divest of $9 billion in assets, largely to BASF, for the Trump Administration to approve of the Bayer-Monsanto merger, valued at $62.5 billion. The announcement largely meshes with a move several months ago by ...