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19 Sep 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Farmers should not expect any delays in USDA programs such as the trade-aid payments coming from Commodity Credit Corporation funds, the chairman of the House Agriculture Committee told DTN on Wednesday. "It's taken care of," said Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn. A political dispute over fundin...
19 Sep 2019
By Pamela SmithDTN Progressive Farmer Crops Technology Editor DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- Harvest is always a highly anticipated event for Scott Wallis. It is, after all, the physical closure of a year-long process of planning, planting and trying to protect a crop. This season feels different, though, the Princeton, Indiana, farmer admitted this week a...
18 Sep 2019
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- The Agriculture Department's Food Safety and Inspection Service on Tuesday published a rule in the Federal Register that ends government limits on the speeds that swine go through inspection lines. The rule will also make other changes that USDA said will improve the inspection proces...
18 Sep 2019
By Todd Neeley DTN Staff Reporter and By Chris Clayton DTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Recent media reports outlining a possible agreement on the Renewable Fuel Standard may sound promising for the biofuels industry and agriculture, but Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, told agriculture journalists on Tuesday that he'll hold off celebrating just y...
18 Sep 2019
By Alton WallaceDTN Progressive Farmer Energy Reporter CANYON LAKE, Texas (DTN) -- Diesel fuel prices surged Monday as oil markets reacted to weekend news of a drone attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities that took an estimated 50% of the country's production offline. "Before the Sept. 14 drone attacks on Saudi oil facilities, the outlook for diese...