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26 Apr 2022
By Susan Winsor, Progressive Farmer Contributor Smell a handful of healthy topsoil: It is earthy yet sweet, and it feels and looks like moist chocolate cake, said farmer Gail Fuller, of Emporia, Kansas. This topsoil is your productivity zone. The product of residue breakdown and photosynthesis, your topsoil is about half organic carbon. Organic soi...
26 Apr 2022
A former USDA inspector pleaded guilty April 25 to taking more than $40,000 in bribes at the Mexico-Texas border. Roberto Adams, from Laredo, Texas, 68, was the lead animal health technician at the crossing, according to court documents. Adams' job was to check to be sure that cattle passing into the U.S. from Mexico met all necessary health requir...
26 Apr 2022
The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) detailed how poor rail service is having a negative impact on the entire ethanol industry in written testimony sent to the Surface Transportation Board (STB) on April 22. The STB is scheduled to conduct hearings on the issue April 26-27. "As you know, ethanol plays a critical role in our country's energy securi...
25 Apr 2022
This article was originally posted at 3:04 p.m. CDT on Monday, April 25. It was last updated at 3:52 p.m. CDT on Monday, April 25. ** OMAHA (DTN) -- Cold and snow over much of the Northern Plains, wet conditions in the Eastern Corn Belt and drought in parts of the Midwest, West and Southern Plains continued to keep planters parked and hampered the ...
25 Apr 2022
The Surface Transportation Board (STB) has scheduled a public hearing on recent rail service problems and recovery efforts involving several Class I carriers. For well over five months now, agriculture, livestock, fertilizer, food and beverage, coal and all shippers who use rail to move their product have complained about the poor rail service they...