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26 Dec 2017
By Greg D. HorstmeierDTN Editor-in-Chief OMAHA (DTN) -- The DTN countdown of the 10 most influential stories in agriculture is an annual ritual in the DTN newsroom. Like the mad dash for the last few Christmas presents or the threat from Senior Analyst Darin Newsom to bring scrapple to the newsroom holiday snack party, a year's end would not be the...
22 Dec 2017
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Capping the price of biofuel credits at 10 cents would essentially eliminate the Renewable Fuel Standard mandate for biodiesel and possibly hurt corn-based ethanol, according to an analysis by farmdoc at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. In meetings with President Donald Trump's administrat...
20 Dec 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- President Donald Trump and Republican members of Congress got to take credit Wednesday for a historic legislative victory in a sweeping $1.5 trillion tax-reform bill finalized through votes in the House and Senate. Republicans celebrated the victory at the White House in a mid-afternoon event in ...
20 Dec 2017
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The herbicide glyphosate is not likely to be carcinogenic to humans. That is the conclusion reached by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in its draft risk assessment released this week. The assessment is set for a 60-day public comment period early in 2018. The EPA said in a news release this w...
20 Dec 2017
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- It's been a long battle, but cotton farmers will finally get the opportunity to sign up cottonseed in an emergency disaster bill Congress is expected to pass before leaving town for the holidays. House Republican leaders on Tuesday released a hurricane and wildfire disaster package t...