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28 Sep 2021
ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- If you want to know what dominated Jim Donnelly's summer, just take a peek at his phone. "I've got more pictures of tar spot on my phone than I do my kids," the DeKalb agronomist lamented. "I don't love it more than my kids; that's just the kind of year we had!" Donnelly's territory stretches across northern Illinois, but hi...
27 Sep 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- Safety on rural roads is a shared responsibility between vehicle and farm equipment operators, according to the National Center for Rural Road Safety (NCRRS). Those utilizing rural roads need to be proactive with safety, and any death or injury from crashes is unacceptable, the group says. These were a couple of the key points made d...
27 Sep 2021
This article was originally posted at 3:07 p.m. CDT on Monday, Sept. 27. It was last updated at 4:09 p.m. CDT on Monday, Sept. 27. ** OMAHA (DTN) -- After a few weeks of moving at a near-average pace, corn and soybean harvest progress pulled ahead of the five-year averages last week as farmers took advantage of mostly favorable conditions across pa...
27 Sep 2021
What protections are in place when it comes to America's food producers and suppliers? It's a hard question to answer. While government seems aware of the need for protection, and there are certainly plenty of hard-working agents and IT experts working on the front lines, it's hard to get a read on just where things stand. Efforts to interview offi...
25 Sep 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- With increasing emphasis on farm practices that target greenhouse gas emissions, USDA on Friday announced nearly $75 million in grants for 15 projects under its Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP). Among the grant recipients is the American Coalition for Ethanol, which will work in South Dakota to incentivize no-till far...