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18 Nov 2024
This article was originally published at 3:03 p.m. CST on Monday, Nov. 18. It was last updated with additional information at 3:58 p.m. CST on Monday, Nov. 18. ** OMAHA (DTN) -- Increased moisture helped boost U.S. winter wheat conditions nationwide again last week, USDA NASS reported in its weekly Crop Progress report on Tuesday. More precipitatio...
18 Nov 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- While most in livestock production see AI and think artificial insemination, another AI might be changing how producers manage livestock. Researchers at the University of Illinois are beginning to study how artificial intelligence (AI) could make grazing more efficient. By utilizing this technology, livestock producers could improve ...
18 Nov 2024
Editor's Note: U.S. wheat farmers entered the National Wheat Yield Contest in record numbers in 2024. DTN is featuring details about the fields and farmers and their winning entries in several profiles. Today, we present the Bin Buster winner in the dryland spring wheat category. ** When you win a yield contest, everyone wants the recipe for the se...
18 Nov 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., on Monday released the text of the farm bill she hopes can get through Congress before the end of the year and pushed back on Republicans she sees as stalling on the effort. Stabenow is retiring at the end of this Congress, and her decision to release the text is a sig...
17 Nov 2024
DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- It's a cliche to say, but no two farming seasons are alike. Dan Lakey and Quint Pottinger might be apt to declare that's a good thing regarding 2024. Weather dished out a rollercoaster year for both farmers as was documented through their reports as part of DTN's View From the Cab feature. Pottinger, from New Haven, Kentucky,...