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26 Aug 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- Once again, Illinois is the most expensive state in the Corn Belt to cash rent non-irrigated cropland, according to survey data released by USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service on Aug. 23. Because of a tie between Moultrie and Sangamon counties in Illinois, DTN has added a technical 11th highest county in the Corn Belt sta...
26 Aug 2024
At some point in our lives, all of us have probably met Voices for Agriculture. People who inspire us, who we admire for their dedication and commitment, who encourage us to speak out for something we believe in and serve an important role in our lives. For me, with deep roots forever attached to the rich black soil of my family's farm, these Voice...
25 Aug 2024
SODA SPRINGS, Idaho (DTN) -- Dan Lakey anxiously eyed a dark cloud to the north as the farm crew pulled combines, headers, grain carts and tandem trucks into a canola field west of Soda Springs, Idaho. They've been hustling all week to harvest wheat, and it is time to put this canola crop to bed, too. The sooner, the better. A late-season hailstorm...
25 Aug 2024
By DTN Staff OMAHA (DTN) -- Here are the Top 5 things the DTN Newsroom is tracking for the week of Aug. 24. 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. Farm shows begin: We'll hav...
23 Aug 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- In a Friday morning speech, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell offered one of the strongest signals yet that the central bank will look to lower interest rates at the next Federal Open Market Committee meeting in September. Looking at both a cooling of inflation and a slowing labor market, Powell said at a speech in Jackson Hole,...