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	DTN Farm Business
	Year-Round E15 Bill Passes House Wednesday, May 13, 2026 6:10PM CDT The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation on Wednesday to allow for permanent year-round E15 sales, also to include reforms to small-refinery exemptions to the Renewable Fuel Standard. [Read Full News Story] MW Land Values Rise, Cash Rents Fall Friday, May 15, 2026 8:44AM CDT A Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago report shows Midwest farmland values, cash rents and credit conditions are deteriorating in 2026, with many farms operating near breakeven. [Read Full News Story]

	DTN Crops News
	Wheat Tour Predicts Higher Kansas Yield, Production Than USDA Thursday, May 14, 2026 7:44PM CDT Crop scouts on the 2026 Hard Winter Wheat Tour estimated a crop averaging 38.9 bushels per acre, significantly less than last year but higher than USDA's predicted yield for Kansas. [Read Full News Story] Court Strikes Down Insecticide Malathion Biological Opinion, Cites Endangered Species Risk Thursday, May 14, 2026 9:51AM CDT A federal court ruled the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service failed to adequately protect more than 1,500 endangered species from the insecticide malathion, violating the Endangered Species Act. [Read Full News Story] Abandonment Potential Increases on Hard Winter Wheat Tour Day 2 Wednesday, May 13, 2026 10:59PM CDT Scouts on Day 2 of the Wheat Quality Council's 2026 Hard Winter Wheat Tour found many fields where the tolls of drought, freeze and disease had led to crop abandonment. The weighted average yield for the day was 39.3 bpa. [Read Full News Story]