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11 Aug 2024
DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- Quint Pottinger rarely discusses his Kentucky family farm without bragging about his co-workers. A combination of full-time and seasonal employees, along with a college intern and family workers, make the wheels turn at Affinity Farms. Pottinger is also the first to admit that employee management is a skill set he was initial...
8 Aug 2024
MORGAN, Minn. (DTN) -- While the crops got too much rain, prices are falling and the farm bill is stalled, the second day of Minnesota FarmFest on Wednesday was filled with energy and surprise over the selection of Gov. Tim Walz as the vice presidential candidate on the Democratic ticket. Walz and his policies now find themselves under a microscope...
28 Jul 2024
By DTN Staff OMAHA (DTN) -- Here are the Top 5 things the DTN Newsroom is tracking for the week of July 28. 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. August heat rolls in: The U...
28 Jul 2024
DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- Where did summer go? A wet spring pushed Quint Pottinger's planting season into June this year and the central Kentucky farmer feels as though he's been sprinting to catch up ever since. Fungicide applications, weed control, grain deliveries to the local distillery -- the days fly by when there's always something to do. This ...
26 Jul 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- A federal appeals court vacated Biden administration reversals of small-refinery exemptions to the Renewable Fuel Standard in a judgment handed down Friday. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit sealed its opinion in the case for seven days but issued a two-page judgment that appears to side with refi...