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22 Apr 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Northeast Iowa residents continue to see dangerous levels of nitrates in drinking water and environmental groups have asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to investigate and take steps to clean it up in a petition filed on April 16. The groups asked the EPA to take "immediate action" under the Safe Drinking Wa...
22 Apr 2024
NEVADA, Iowa (DTN) -- Lina Kahn, the chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission, appeared to listen intently as farmers told her why her agency should step in and block the $3.6 billion sale of an Iowa nitrogen fertilizer plant to Koch Industries. More than 100 farmers attended a listening session on Saturday with Kahn and FTC staff organized by th...
21 Apr 2024
By DTN Staff OMAHA (DTN) -- Here are the Top 5 things the DTN Newsroom is tracking for the week of April 21. Watch for coverage of these and other topics through the week on our subscription platforms as well as on www.DTNPF.com. Note that report release times are Central Daylight Time (CDT) unless otherwise noted. 1. Land trends: We continue our t...
19 Apr 2024
By DTN Staff This article was originally published at 2:03 p.m. CDT on Friday, April 19. It was last updated with DTN analysis at 2:33 p.m. CDT on Friday, April 19. ** OMAHA (DTN) -- Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.8 million head on April 1, 2024. Th...
19 Apr 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- If anyone has lived in the Midwest for long, you know the region sees high winds. Many days have seen high winds whip through the region's farms, many of which have grain bins. This makes grain storage structures vulnerable to severe weather. To combat that vulnerability, a researcher from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) is ...