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14 May 2024
By Todd Neeley, DTN Environmental Editor, and Chris Clayton, DTN Ag Policy Editor LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is seeking restitution for defrauded customers of Agridime LLC, and its co-founders Joshua Link and Jed Wood, as well as civil monetary penalties, a trading ban and permanent injunction agains...
13 May 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- The Biden administration and state regulators in California have exceeded their constitutional authority by forcing truck fleet owners across the country to transition to electric trucks, according to two federal lawsuits filed by multiple states on Monday. Attorneys general in 24 states filed a petition for review in the U.S...
13 May 2024
This article was originally published at 3:03 p.m. CDT on Monday, May 13. It was last updated with additional information at 3:51 p.m. CDT on Monday, May 13. ** OMAHA (DTN) -- Corn planting was about halfway finished nationwide by the end of last week but continued to trail the five-year average pace as wet conditions across parts of the Corn Belt ...
13 May 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- Farmers are still planting their 2024 spring crops, but their local biofuel plants are going to be increasingly focused on the carbon intensity score of those crops as well. The initial Treasury Department guidance for the 40B Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) tax credit released April 30 created some confusion over how it would work. ...
13 May 2024
MANHATTAN, Kan. (DTN) -- After nationwide drought led to the highest winter wheat abandonment rate in more than a century, the crop overall is in much better condition this year. How much better will be estimated this week as the Wheat Quality Council hosts its 2024 Hard Winter Wheat Tour in Kansas, the nation's largest producer of the crop. Nearly...