The House budget reconciliation bill ends some 45Z tax-credit abuse by blocking most foreign feedstocks from qualifying for the credit. The Senate Finance Committee package released on Monday would continue to allow refiners to receive up to 80% of the 45Z tax credit for feedstocks such as used cooking oil from China.
FMCSA reported at the end of May that more than 50 "burdensome" regulations were axed from the Code of Federal Regulations by the Department of Transportation.
Start scouting for tar spot in corn around the V8 growth stage. Treatment decisions are guided by when the disease appears and how fast it moves in the leaf canopy.
While the alleged smuggling of a fungus into the United States by two China nationals raised concerns of a potential agroterrorism plot this week, farmers have been dealing with Fusarium graminearum for decades.
Soybean gall midge, a pest capable of causing significant yield loss, has emerged in at least one Nebraska county. Soybean growers in the region should begin scouting.