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24 Aug 2018
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi have asked a federal court in Texas to expedite its consideration for a nationwide injunction of the 2015 waters of the United States, or WOTUS, rule after a court in South Carolina recently issued a ruling that allows the rule to take effect in 26 states. On Wednesday...
24 Aug 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- The fact that the suspect in the abduction and murder of an Iowa college student is an illegal immigrant accused of using falsified documents to work on a dairy farm puts an uncomfortable spotlight on farm labor and an agricultural guest-worker bill that congressmen have championed this summer. T...
23 Aug 2018
By John HarringtonDTN Livestock Analyst Whatever you think of Paul Manafort, Donald Trump's former campaign manager who was recently convicted on eight tax fraud and bank fraud charges, I think we can all agree that here is a man who does not start each morning with the old Shaker hymn "Tis A Gift To Be Simple" rising from his pampered lips. Indee...
23 Aug 2018
By Pam SmithDTN Progressive Farmer Crops Technology Editor DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- Kyle Krier can't ever remember seeing it quite so green in central Kansas this time of year. Genny Haun, of Kenton, Ohio, is having similar thoughts about conditions on her family farm located near Kenton, Ohio. "It seems like we get just what we need when we need it,...
23 Aug 2018
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Like most independent seed sellers in the U.S., Sonny Beck sells Xtend soybean seed, designed to be tolerant of over-the-top dicamba applications. But the CEO of Beck's Hybrids, the fourth-largest seed company in the U.S., would like to sell other herbicide-tolerant traits, too -- such as Liberty...