Light rain will develop in the northern Midwest Friday, and re-form in the central through eastern Midwest. The central and Southern Plains and Delta will still be dry with stressful heat. » More DTN Weather Commentary
A U.S. district judge Thursday issued a permanent injunction against
USDA that will suspend the department's ability to allow any more Conservation
Reserve Program land to be used for the critical-feed use haying and grazing
program.
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Language in a law defining just where renewable biomass can come from
limits much of the nation's wooded areas and forests, as well as land not
currently used for crops.
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Major developing economies such as China, India and Brazil are not
moving to provide more market access despite a new proposal to cut more U.S.
farm subsidies during the Doha global trade talks.
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The European Union's food safety body has given a positive scientific
opinion on Monsanto's new Roundup Ready 2 Yield soybeans. The soybeans now must
clear the somewhat cloudy EU political approval process, though Monsanto
expects full approvals in time for the 2009 U.S. soybean harvest.
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A partisan divide on how to deal with high energy prices has
Democrats looking largely at speculators, while Republicans look largely at
opening up land to drilling.
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