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30 Oct 2024
By DTN Staff OMAHA (DTN) -- Widespread drought conditions continue across the country and are more severe than last year, according to the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service report for the week ending Oct. 28. Even with very few major shifts in pasture and range conditions across the country, moisture is lacking across much of the U.S. N...
29 Oct 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- A grain facility in Hamilton, Missouri, owned by the cooperative MFA Inc. could have prevented an employee's fatal engulfment in a storage bin in May 2024 had it followed federal workplace safety requirements, the U.S. Department of Labor said on Tuesday after completing its investigation into the death of 25-year-old Austin ...
29 Oct 2024
GALENA, Ill. (DTN) -- A 177-year-old Catholic convent located on a hilltop near the Mississippi River in southwest Wisconsin is taking steps to honor its educational heritage by helping create a farmer-led learning center on its grounds. The Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa (sin-sin-ah-wa) are partnering with farmers to carry forward the work of the ...
28 Oct 2024
This article was originally published at 3:04 p.m. CDT on Monday, Oct. 28. It was last updated with additional information at 4:34 p.m. CDT on Monday, Oct. 28. ** OMAHA (DTN) -- U.S. farmers continued to take advantage of favorable harvest weather conditions last week to bring in the corn and soybean crops ahead of schedule, USDA NASS reported in i...
27 Oct 2024
DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- The farming lives of Dan Lakey and Quint Pottinger have been dissected and dedicated to countless words since May 2024 as part of DTN's View From the Cab feature. If you've followed the series this year, there's been plenty to write and read about from the volunteer farmer correspondents. Even though some 1,640 miles separate...