CHESTERFIELD, Missouri, April 4 -- The National Corn Growers Association issued the following news: * * * Ag Groups Call for End to Fertilizer Duties Author: Bryan Goodman Over 50 state ag groups and eight national organizations sent a letter to the International Trade Commission this week urging the agency to revoke the countervailing duty orders on imports of phosphate fertilizer from Morrocco. The letter - signed by the National Corn Growers Association, American Soybean Association, Na  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, April 3 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson supports President Trump's termination of temporary protected status * (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson joined a 22-state friend-of-the-court brief supporting the Trump administration's decision to end temporary protected status for immigrants from specific countries. The amici states argue that under federal law, the U  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service issued the following news release: * * * US farmers expect to plant less corn and more soybean acres Producers surveyed across the United States intend to plant 95.3 million acres of corn in 2026, down 3% from last year, according to the Prospective Plantings report released today by USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). Planted acreage intentions for corn are down in 37 of t  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Surface Transportation Board issued the following decision (Docket No. MCF 21145) entitled "Thomas L. Hey and James A. Hey - Acquisition of Control - Minnesota Motor Bus Inc.": * * * Thomas L. Hey and James A. Hey - Acquisition of Control - Minnesota Motor Bus Inc. ACTION: Notice Tentatively Approving and Authorizing Finance Transaction. SUMMARY: In 2010, Thomas L. Hey and James A. Hey (collectively, Applicants), both noncarriers,   more