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8 Jul 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- The Small Business Administration has released more details about use of the Paycheck Protection Program loans, showing agriculture, forestry and fishing have accounted for just under $8 billion in loans, which amounts to about 1.5% of total loan dollars under the program.After running out of funds during the spring, SBA reported Tue...
8 Jul 2020
ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- With crop fields simmering in the early July heat, some farmers are missing those soggy days of spring."Too much rain early on was the hold-up; now we NEED rain and can't buy one," said Genny Haun, who farms in northwest Ohio. "I'm fearful crops will begin to go backwards if we do not get a measurable rain soon."It's a commo...
7 Jul 2020
By Dan Crummett , PF Contributor For Billy Helton, the aha moment came as he looked at a small, tall, unused stand of bermudagrass behind his hay barn in the summer of 2017."I had cows on one side of the fence and the grass on the other, and the difference was unbelievable," the Georgia beef producer recalls. "It was the same soil and the same gras...
7 Jul 2020
A $1.5 trillion infrastructure proposal by the House of Representatives was approved on July 1, 2020. The partisan H.R.2 Moving America Forward Act will address the growing backlog of maintenance and repairs needed for the country's roads and bridges. It will also invest in public transit systems, railroads and airports; water systems, schools and ...
7 Jul 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- As soon as staff at St. Anthony Regional Hospital in Carroll, Iowa, first heard in January of a dangerous new coronavirus spreading in China, they watched the situation closely and began to plan.Their goals included to protect the health of current longer-term patients, prepare for future COVID-19 patients, and help their rural healt...