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26 Sep 2018
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- A panel of federal appeals court judges in August ordered the EPA to cancel all chlorpyrifos registrations. Now the agency is asking the court for a rehearing. In a petition filed on Monday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco, the EPA asked for an en banc hearing, or a ...
26 Sep 2018
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The Minnesota Department of Agriculture is urging farmers who conducted business with the now-closed Ashby Farmers Cooperative in Ashby, Minnesota, to collect any evidence they have to prove they are owed money by the co-op or had grain stored at the facility in order to file a bond claim with the dep...
25 Sep 2018
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst Union Pacific (UP) has announced a new operating plan to implement Precision Scheduled Railroading principles. Soon after, the U.S. Surface Transportation Board wrote a letter to UP requesting weekly phone calls about the implementation of its operating changes and any impacts to its customers and others. "Uni...
25 Sep 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- To help farmers look at various stewardship practices and the effects on their lands, Minneapolis-based farmer cooperative Land O'Lakes on Monday rolled out a new software program called the Truterra Insights Engine. Jason Weller, sustainability director for Land O'Lakes SUSTAIN program, said he ...
25 Sep 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- The Nebraska Farm Bureau rolled out a new association health plan (AHP) for its members on Wednesday that the group anticipates could save Nebraska farmers, ranchers and agribusinesses an average of 25% on health-insurance premiums. Nebraska Farm Bureau is partnering with the non-profit insurer M...