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20 May 2024
By DTN Staff OMAHA (DTN) -- Here are the Top 5 things the DTN Newsroom is tracking for the week of May 5. Watch for coverage of these and other topics through the week on our subscription platforms as well as on www.dtnpf.com. Note that all report release times are Central Daylight Time (CDT) unless otherwise noted. 1. This Week's Weather: Several...
20 May 2024
Editor's Note: Throughout May, DTN/Progressive Farmer's special series "Mental Health Hope & Help" is exploring the unique mental health challenges people in rural America face, highlighting efforts to overcome stigma and looking at ways farmers and ranchers can manage their mental wellness. This is the seventh story in the series. This article sum...
19 May 2024
DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- Quint Pottinger got an early start on spring planting this year, but the last few weeks have been a waiting game. "We get a few hours from pulling in the field and it rains us out again," said Pottinger, who farms in central Kentucky near New Haven. "I'll be honest--between the weather and the commodity markets, this spring h...
19 May 2024
By DTN Staff OMAHA (DTN) -- Here are the Top 5 things the DTN Newsroom is tracking for the week of May 5. Watch for coverage of these and other topics through the week on our subscription platforms as well as on www.dtnpf.com. Note that all report release times are Central Daylight Time (CDT) unless otherwise noted. 1. This Week's Weather: Sever...
17 May 2024
MANHATTAN, Kan. (DTN) -- As the group of mostly newly ordained crop scouts stood listening to the history of Turkey Red -- the heirloom wheat variety responsible for transforming the plains of Kansas into the epicenter of America's Breadbasket -- a light, misty rain fell upon the tiny town of Goessel, about 40 miles north of Wichita. It was the thi...