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2 Apr 2018
By Claire VathProgressive Farmer Contributing Editor Kai Knutson never envisioned a career in agribusiness. "I'd studied biology, and I wanted to be a college professor," said the now-27-year-old. Yogurt opened up his worldview. Upon graduation from Minnesota's Carleton College in 2011, Knutson was awarded a Watson Fellowship, offering him the opp...
2 Apr 2018
By Claire VathProgressive Farmer Contributing Editor Kai Knutson never envisioned a career in agribusiness. "I'd studied biology, and I wanted to be a college professor," said the now-27-year-old. Yogurt opened up his worldview. Upon graduation from Minnesota's Carleton College in 2011, Knutson was awarded a Watson Fellowship, offering him the opp...
2 Apr 2018
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Tech giant Microsoft is working to eliminate the broadband gap in rural areas, but the company needs rural residents' help to accomplish that goal, a company executive said on Wednesday. Speaking at the Nebraska Rural Futures Institute on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus, Shelley McKinley, Mi...
2 Apr 2018
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Tech giant Microsoft is working to eliminate the broadband gap in rural areas, but the company needs rural residents' help to accomplish that goal, a company executive said on Wednesday. Speaking at the Nebraska Rural Futures Institute on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus, Shelley McKinley, Mi...
2 Apr 2018
By Karl WolfshohlProgressive Farmer Contributing Editor A stickler for detail and the owner of good land, Dan Gause was no stranger to high-yield corn production when he switched to precision farming in 2011. Balancing out fertility across fields put him on the road to even higher yield levels. "Precision agriculture is what we do here and have bee...