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19 Nov 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- After months of debate among livestock groups and the emerging cell-cultured protein industry, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb issued a joint statement Friday announcing that both USDA and FDA will play a role in regulating cell-cultu...
16 Nov 2018
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Few corn hybrids are fully protected from the western corn rootworm anymore -- not even pyramided Bt corn hybrids. In October, Corteva Agriscience informed EPA that the company has confirmed resistance to Cry34/35Ab1 (Herculex RW) in rootworm populations in the northeastern Iowa county...
16 Nov 2018
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Pennsylvania's governor and state refining interests are putting pressure on EPA to grant additional small refinery waivers to the Renewable Fuel Standard, just ahead of the agency's Nov. 30 deadline to finalize new biofuels volumes for the upcoming year. Monroe Energy, LLC, requested a waiver on Tues...
16 Nov 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor This article was originally posted at 5:24 p.m. CST on Wednesday, Nov. 14. It was reposted with additional information at 9:50 a.m. CST on Thursday, Nov. 15. ** WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Time is running short for farm bill negotiators to wrap up their work and complete the legislation for floor debates and a final vot...
15 Nov 2018
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices tracked by DTN for the first week of November show the continued trend of higher prices. Anhydrous prices increased 6%, the most significant price move this week. The nitrogen fertilizer had an average price of $517/ton, up $29 per ton from the same time last month. It's $108/t...