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13 May 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- On average, rural Americans are sicker, live shorter lives and -- to complicate matters -- are seeing the number of available doctors continue to fall compared to their urban counterparts. In other words, rural America is losing doctors as it becomes less healthy. The fixes aren't simple but they are possible, according the p...
13 May 2024
DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- Dan Lakey's favorite phrase to disprove is "that'll never work here." From the conservation practices he's adopted to the crops being grown, the southeastern Idaho farmer has made it his business to buck convention. Since leaving the business world to come back to the home farm in 2009, he's made soil science a focus. No-till...
13 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 fourth story in the series. ** The farmer cap...
12 May 2024
DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- Dan Lakey's favorite phrase to disprove is "that'll never work here." From the conservation practices he's adopted to the crops being grown, the southeastern Idaho farmer has made it his business to buck convention. Since leaving the business world to come back to the home farm in 2009, he's made soil science a focus. No-till...
10 May 2024
The May USDA Crop Production and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) reports released on Friday gave us the first glimpse of U.S. wheat production and row-crop balance sheets for the 2024-25 crop year. The reports showed few major surprises in wheat or soybeans, but a reduction in ending stocks for corn in both crop years sent th...