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2 Dec 2019
By Des KellerProgressive Farmer Contributing Editor Securing operating loans for the upcoming crop season will bring new challenges for some borrowers, but there are ways to make farm operations more cash-worthy in the eyes of today's lenders. Start with a thorough overview of the farm's financial statements to make a great first impression, said J...
29 Nov 2019
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices tracked by DTN for the third week of November 2019 continued mostly lower. This lower trend in prices has been in place for several months now. Seven of the eight major fertilizers were lower in price from the month earlier, although once again none were considerably lower. DA...
29 Nov 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor CRESTON, Iowa (DTN) -- The trajectory of rising stars in the Democratic Party right now can seem as fleeting as a shooting star, but right now the candidate on the rise is South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg. A year ago, the rising, youthful, non-establishment Democrat who could talk about bread-and-butter...
29 Nov 2019
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Be careful about that salad you might eat in the coming days and take some time to know what kind of lettuce is in it and where it was grown. A romaine lettuce outbreak has now spread to 19 states with 67 reported cases and 39 hospitalizations as the Centers for Disease Control conti...
27 Nov 2019
By Pamela SmithDTN Staff Reporter DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- I have a hearing loss. It is a disability. There, I said it. Did you hear me? If you are a farmer, maybe not. It is no secret agricultural workers are exposed to a laundry list of deafening noises. It's not just machinery either -- from bellowing livestock to hammering that steel something or...