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28 Nov 2017
By Loretta Sorensen Progressive Farmer Contributor When he started developing a registered Black Angus herd in 1993, Gary Knutson didn't plan to take grain out of his feed ration. It was $7 corn in 2011 that drove the South Dakota rancher to alternative feed sources. The search for that best option left him thinking the answer might well be to sto...
27 Nov 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Angie Setzer, vice president of grain at Citizens Elevator, recalled a recent Facebook post showing what happens when the internet goes down. It was a picture of Laura Ingalls Wilder's home on Little House on the Prairie. "Rural America is easily disconnected from the world, and life anymore funct...
27 Nov 2017
By Daniel DavidsonDTN Contributing Agronomist Seedling soybeans felt the burn of protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) inhibitor herbicide in 2017. The herbicide may have caused the actual physical injury, but put the blame on the sustained cold, wet weather following planting for the situation. In a normal, sunny spring, the soybean plant should metabo...
27 Nov 2017
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rejected several petitions to change the point of obligation in the Renewable Fuel Standard in a notice released on Wednesday ahead of a posting in the Federal Register. In the EPA notice, the agency said petitioners didn't prove their case. "In evaluating this...
24 Nov 2017
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Cellulosic technology companies have invested time and millions of dollars to explore ways to convert biomass into cellulosic ethanol for the better part of 20 years. Most technologies have fallen victim to high capital and development costs, changing political winds and economic recession. Many other...