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20 Feb 2018
By Elizabeth WilliamsDTN Special Correspondent INDIANOLA, Iowa (DTN) -- Farmland values continue to shrug at lower grain prices. Even in wheat country, the Kansas City Federal Reserve bank reported relatively stable farmland values in the fourth quarter of 2017 for the district that covers western Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado and ...
20 Feb 2018
By Mary KennedyDTN Basis Analyst OMAHA (DTN) -- The average distillers dried grain (DDG) spot price from the 39 locations where DTN collected bids was $148 for the week ended Feb. 15, $1 stronger on average than a week ago. Based on the average of bids collected by DTN, the value of DDG relative to corn for the week ended Feb. 15 was at 112.68%, an...
16 Feb 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor WICHITA, Kan. (DTN) -- Cities looking to address water-quality challenges in watersheds leading into their drinking water supply may want to see how Wichita, Kansas, works with upstream farmers to reduce pesticide and sediment in the Little Arkansas River watershed. Litigation over water quality, especially the...
16 Feb 2018
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- This bi-monthly column condenses the latest news in the field of crop technology, research and products. GET GM FUEL AND FIBER UP TO SPEED A group of graduate students from the University of Minnesota are asking Congress to trim the regulatory process for GM crops that produce fuel or fib...
16 Feb 2018
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- New details are emerging from a lawsuit calling for EPA to vacate the registration of Monsanto's dicamba herbicide. Originally filed in January 2017, the lawsuit's newly released briefs claim EPA ignored key requirements of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) a...