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26 Jul 2018
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON, D.C., (DTN) -- Coalitions of farm groups are at odds over whether the House should vote this week on a bill introduced last week by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., to replace the H-2A visa program with an agricultural guest-worker program, known as the H-2C program. A...
26 Jul 2018
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Fertilizer prices continue to push slightly higher, according to retailers tracked by DTN for the third week of July 2018. Seven of the eight major fertilizers were higher compared to last month, but none were up a significant amount. DAP had an average price of $486/ton, MAP $505/ton, urea $366/ton, ...
25 Jul 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler on Tuesday announced his agency had approved sorghum oil as a feedstock under the Renewable Fuel Standard as an advanced biofuel and biodiesel product. EPA, sorghum industry leaders, senators and congressmen held a roundtable discussion late Tuesday afternoo...
25 Jul 2018
By Mary Kennedy DTN Basis Analyst and Russ Quinn DTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The Wheat Quality Council's Hard Spring Wheat and Durum Tour kicked off Tuesday with scouts fanning out across the southern half of North Dakota, southwestern Minnesota and northeast and north-central South Dakota. The annual tour gives the industry a first "hands-on...
25 Jul 2018
By Jerry Hagstrom DTN Political Correspondent and Chris Clayton DTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA, (DTN) -- Reactions vary wildly to the Trump administration's plans to provide $12 billion in aid to American farmers through direct assistance, food purchases and trade promotion. While farm groups largely thanked the White House for the aid, at least some ...