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15 Aug 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- When Zippy Duvall took the stage at Minnesota FarmFest last week for a radio interview, his primary concern wasn't the farm bill. Instead, he highlighted the issue he hears about most from farmers as he travels across the country: Labor. "The biggest issue I hear about everywhere I go is farm labor," Duvall said. "That's the No. 1 th...
14 Aug 2024
MT. JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- Most of South Dakota missed severe, crop-damaging weather this summer, yet benefited from consistent rainfall associated with this summer's active weather pattern over the Western Corn Belt. Limited heat stress helped plants thrive through pollination, but now it's bleeding into concerns that it's going to take longer for...
14 Aug 2024
By Katie Dehlinger, DTN Farm Business Editor, and Chris Clayton, DTN Ag Policy Editor MT. JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- Minnesota entered the year with a moisture deficit but has spent most of the season battling a surplus. When more than 10 inches of rain fell on saturated soils in early summer, the devastating floods in July drew national headlines. Abu...
14 Aug 2024
MT. JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- Iowa pulled itself out of drought and into a record corn crop, if the DTN Digital Yield Tour estimates hold true. An active rainy pattern settled over the state this spring, and while it slowed planting season down, most areas benefitted from the replenishing rainfall. Parts of the state's northwest received too much rain...
14 Aug 2024
This article was originally posted at 6:30 p.m. CDT on Tuesday, Aug. 13. It was updated with additional information at 10:13 a.m. CDT on Wednesday, Aug. 14. ** JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (DTN) -- While record-breaking performances received overwhelming fanfare at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games this summer, another record was quietly being broken in the red ...