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2 Aug 2021
DELHI, Iowa (DTN) -- One of the best ways to measure soil health and the effectiveness of crop production practices is several feet underground. Mike Petersen gave his 1,755th soil pit talk at Grant and Tana Guetzko's farm near Delhi, Iowa. Standing in a hole about 3 feet deep and 2 feet wide near one of the Guetzkos' cornfields, the agronomist and...
30 Jul 2021
MT. JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- Once August rolls around, farmers have a pretty good sense of yield potential in their corn and soybean fields, but it's much more difficult for them to determine what county, state or national yields will look like on their own. That's why DTN partnered with Gro Intelligence four years ago to launch the one-of-a-kind DTN...
30 Jul 2021
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- The EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced plans to schedule virtual public hearings throughout August and into September as part of planned revisions to waters of the United States definitions. The new round of hearings and rulemaking will be closely watched by agricultural groups that were among the biggest supp...
29 Jul 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- Lean hog prices are facing a surprising shock as markets are responding to the announcement late Wednesday by USDA that African swine fever (ASF) had been found in pigs in the Dominican Republic, the first known finding of the disease among swine in the Western Hemisphere. After ASF swept through Asia, wrecking the Chinese pork indu...
29 Jul 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- After months of negotiations, the Senate late Wednesday voted to move ahead with debate on an infrastructure plan that will pump $550 billion more into physical infrastructure nationally such as roads, bridges, water projects and mass transit. The infrastructure plan is a key part of President Joe Biden's agenda. In a statement, he s...