Agriculture

An ethanol plant in Eastern Nebraska has agreed to transport its carbon dioxide to a future sequestration plant in Wyoming. Scott Prestidge, manager of corporate communications with Tallgrass, says it will capture 10 million tons of CO2 annually from an Archer Daniels Midland plant in Columbus that will help decarbonize the industry. “There’s going to be a great need for carbon capture and sequestration investments. There are a number of […]

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of near- or below-normal temperatures across the northern Plains and much of the West, while warmer-than-normal weather will prevail in parts of California and east of a line from Texas to Lake Superior.  Meanwhile, near- or above-normal precipitation across most of the country should contrast with drier-than-normal weather in California, the western Great Basin, and parts of the mid-South […]

Stakeholders shared opposing viewpoints during a Midwest roundtable about implementing the latest Waters of the U.S. Rule.  Iowa farmer Ray Gaesser says expanding the definitions of Waters of the U.S. might make it more difficult for farmers to keep improving water quality. He says, “To have a regulatory body that looks at the whole country and tries to make a rule that fits everyone, it just won’t work.  You must […]

A southern Illinois farmer says he planted all his corn in about 10 days. Matt Rush tells Brownfield it was a very different spring than last year because of excess moisture. “Last year we finished planting corn on April 27th,” he said. “This year, we didn’t start planting corn until the second week in May.” Despite the late planting, the Fairfield farmer said emergence has been outstanding. “The days that […]