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11 Aug 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- Grain bins were among the structures damaged by a widespread thunderstorm that slammed the Midwest on Monday, picking up speed and destructive power as it moved from Nebraska into Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin.The storm hit wind speeds in Nebraska as high as 70 miles per hour Monday morning. Then, the storm, classified as a "derecho" ...
11 Aug 2020
By Katie DehlingerFarm Business EditorandBy Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff ReporterMT. JULIET, Tenn. and ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Beneficial planting conditions, favorable temperatures and timely doses of rain could help corn and soybean growers in Nebraska and South Dakota achieve record yields in 2020, according to the first day's findings on the DTN/Pr...
10 Aug 2020
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Rogelio Munoz Calderon worked for Tyson Foods in Dakota City, Nebraska, for 27 years and raised a family as a packing-plant worker in the northeast Nebraska town.Munoz Calderon finally became a U.S. citizen last March, his son Christian said. "He was so happy and so proud."He died in May from COVID-19 at age 52, less than a w...
10 Aug 2020
As we navigate the first week of August, it is no surprise that 2020 has been cruel to commodity prices in general and to grains, in particular. Coming at a time when surpluses were already common for a broad array of crops, COVID-19 pulled the rug of demand out from under markets and was followed with another hit of recent selling, encouraged by f...
10 Aug 2020
INDIANOLA, Iowa (DTN) -- Alan Hojer, a succession planning consultant, was busy before the pandemic, but calls from farmers and ranchers looking to begin or update their plan have accelerated since COVID-19 began circling the globe."The main obstacle is not that they don't want to have a transition plan for their farm, it's that they don't know whe...