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28 Aug 2024
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (DTN) -- HB4 wheat, a drought-tolerant genetically modified wheat variety, can be safely grown and bred in the United States, according to the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). The agency's determination makes the U.S. the fourth country in the world to green-light production of HB4 wheat, following Argent...
28 Aug 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has until next week to release a proposed rulemaking for 2026 Renewable Fuel Standard volumes or face more litigation from at least one national ethanol interest group. DTN reported in April 2024 that the White House's unified agenda pushed an already-late 2026 RFS proposal back to a M...
27 Aug 2024
BOONE, Iowa (DTN) -- With cash corn and soybean prices 30% below a year ago, farm leaders Tuesday at the Farm Progress Show were frustrated that the farm bill is stalled and will likely remain that way until after the November election. "We've been fighting this battle for a while now, and we've got to get something done," said Jed Bower, a farmer ...
27 Aug 2024
MT. JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- Smithfield Foods sold a former Premium Standard Farms sow farm in north-central Missouri's Sullivan County at auction earlier this month. The 1,371-acre farm with a mix of farmland, pasture and woodland sold in 10 tracts for $5.64 million, or $4,160 per acre. Missouri cropland values averaged $4,910 per acre and pasture v...
27 Aug 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- The state of Iowa will keep in place a one-quarter-cent-per-bushel indemnity fee on grain sales for at least one more year as it tries to rebuild the state's grain indemnity fund, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship announced on Tuesday. Assuming no new claims are made against the fund, the state said it w...