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14 Aug 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- One thing has become clear as crop experts tour the damage left behind by the derecho that ripped through Iowa this week: Farmers will face a multitude of challenges come harvest.Trevor Birchmier, a farmer and owner of Central Iowa Shortline of Maxwell, a farm store and equipment business, told DTN that about 2,400 acres of corn went...
14 Aug 2020
DES MOINES, Iowa (DTN) -- Defending red meat and preventing overburdening environmental regulations are among the lines in the sand President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence will defend against Democratic candidates Joe Biden and his running mate, California Sen. Kamala Harris.Vice President Pence also told a group of Iowa farmers and GO...
14 Aug 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- Mazon, Illinois, farmer Paul Jeschke already faces a harvest challenge this year when the Illinois River closes to transportation.Add to that the loss of grain storage on his farm in Grundy County 75 miles southwest of Chicago in the northeast part of the state, and Jeschke is scrambling."We, along with I'm sure hundreds of other far...
13 Aug 2020
DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- Crop tours and USDA reports are starting to heat up as the calendar races toward harvest. Yield checks are a good way to see how your corn and soybean yields measure up.The week kicks off the DTN/Progressive Farmer 2020 Digital Yield Tour, powered by Gro Intelligence. The tour takes an in-depth look at how this year's corn an...
13 Aug 2020
"What will your life look like one year from today?"A friend asked me this question recently, and it stopped me in my tracks. I have absolutely no idea how to answer that. The question is a powerful demonstration of how our collective psyche has changed in the age of COVID-19. Businesses can't plan for the future and individuals can barely envision...