According to the news outlet, the appellate court said the 18 states challenging the new standards were unlikely to face immediate irreparable harm from the rule, but there’s no evidence the nation’s waters would suffer “imminent injury” if the regulation was put on hold.

The order follows after a federal district court in North Dakota granted a preliminary injunction blocking the rule in August, but that only applied to the 13 states involved in the lawsuit.

Reuters says the 6th Circuit will decide whether it has authority to review the challenges or if they must be first heard at the district court level.

IN OTHER NO-TILL NEWS…

• DuPont received EPA registration for its Canopy Blend herbicide for soybeans. Combining metribuzin and chlorimuron ethyl in a dry, dispersible granular herbicide, Canopy Blend can be used for burndown and residual weed control before or at soybean planting.
• Great Plains Mfg. and SureFire Ag Systems announced a cooperative marketing agreement. Great Plains will continue to design and build Nutri-Pro applicators, while SureFire Ag will provide and install customized plumbing application systems for each machine.
• A Purdue University agronomist and postdoctoral research assistant developed the startup Agsoil Analytics to commercialize the university’s soil-mapping technology. A third party company will deliver the technology through a platform that’s compatible to the application of individual farmers.
• The USDA deregulated Monsanto’s genetically engineered corn that protects against corn rootworm and resistance to glyphosate, as it found no significant impact under the National Environmental Policy Act. The USDA also…