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11 Jan 2016
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The federal policy roller coaster with the blenders tax credit, along with uncertainty regarding the Renewable Fuel Standard, has led to nearly 70 biodiesel plants idling 600 million gallons of production capacity in the United States in recent years. Uncertainty has eased heading into 2016. "History...
11 Jan 2016
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ST. LOUIS (DTN) -- This bi-monthly column condenses the latest news in the field of crop technology, research and products. DON'T GAMBLE WITH APHIDS The soybean aphid will always win the numbers game. Each year, aphid populations can produce multiple generations within a growing season in the same field, which m...
8 Jan 2016
By Cheryl AndersonDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Although a total won't be known for some time, the High Plains of western Texas and eastern New Mexico are still recovering from a blizzard that resulted in the loss of at least 35,000 cattle. The blizzard swept through a large land mass in these areas on Dec. 27 and into Dec. 28, dumping 2 to 3 f...
8 Jan 2016
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ST. LOUIS (DTN) -- What a difference a season makes. The floodwaters that swamped parts of Missouri and Illinois last week would have covered crops and swept away seedlings in the spring or summer. In late December, however, the biggest agronomic threat to farmers was the winter wheat crop hunkering down for th...
8 Jan 2016
By Cheryl AndersonDTN Staff Reporter While waning ethanol production resulted in a marginal increase of distillers grains in December, that run-up in prices seems to have ended with a slight downturn in prices this week. According to Abby Roberts -- merchandising manager for POET Nutrition in Sioux Falls, South Dakota -- December brought an end-of-...