Headline News
RECENT NEWS
26 Aug 2024
This article was originally published at 3:04 p.m. CDT on Monday, Aug. 26. It was last updated with additional information at 4:42 p.m. CDT on Monday, Aug. 26. ** OMAHA (DTN) -- Corn and soybean good-to-excellent condition ratings fell at the national level last week following two weeks in a row of holding steady, USDA NASS reported in its weekly C...
26 Aug 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- One of more than 17 farmers across the country who filed antitrust lawsuits against John Deere has dropped his claims, according to a document filed in federal court. Farmers are challenging the company's alleged monopoly on the repair service market for its equipment with onboard central computers known as engine control uni...
26 Aug 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- Once again, Illinois is the most expensive state in the Corn Belt to cash rent non-irrigated cropland, according to survey data released by USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service on Aug. 23. Because of a tie between Moultrie and Sangamon counties in Illinois, DTN has added a technical 11th highest county in the Corn Belt sta...
26 Aug 2024
At some point in our lives, all of us have probably met Voices for Agriculture. People who inspire us, who we admire for their dedication and commitment, who encourage us to speak out for something we believe in and serve an important role in our lives. For me, with deep roots forever attached to the rich black soil of my family's farm, these Voice...
25 Aug 2024
SODA SPRINGS, Idaho (DTN) -- Dan Lakey anxiously eyed a dark cloud to the north as the farm crew pulled combines, headers, grain carts and tandem trucks into a canola field west of Soda Springs, Idaho. They've been hustling all week to harvest wheat, and it is time to put this canola crop to bed, too. The sooner, the better. A late-season hailstorm...