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19 Jun 2020
About 3,500 years ago, as listed in the book of Exodus, the following 10 plagues hit Egypt: 1) water turning to blood, 2) frogs, 3) lice, 4) flies, 5) livestock pestilence, 6) boils, 7) hail, 8) locusts, 9) three days of darkness, and 10) the death of every firstborn son in Egypt.From 2019 and into 2020, American agricultural producers may feel our...
19 Jun 2020
STORM LAKE, Iowa (DTN) -- The coronavirus is still spreading in parts of rural America and more cases are showing up as testing increases.Communities with spikes in COVID-19 cases say they are left working out responses themselves as stay-at-home orders are cancelled and business restrictions are largely going away as well. It's mostly up to busine...
19 Jun 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- The EPA posted 52 new small-refinery exemptions requests from previous years on the agency's Renewable Fuel Standard dashboard on Thursday, drawing outrage from biofuels groups that have been calling on the agency to renew its transparency pledge.The agency now lists six pending requests each for 2011 and 2012, 10 each for 2013 and 2...
18 Jun 2020
STORM LAKE, Iowa (DTN) -- The coronavirus is still spreading in parts of rural America and more cases are showing up as testing increases.Communities with spikes in COVID-19 cases say they are left working out responses themselves as stay-at-home orders are cancelled and business restrictions are largely going away as well. It's mostly up to busine...
18 Jun 2020
DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- Every day is Father's Day for Ryan Jenkins and Reid Thompson.Both men have fathers as partners in their farming businesses. Both are raising children surrounded by the rural experience.As Father's Day approaches, DTN asked Jenkins and Thompson to reflect on "dad stuff" and current crop conditions as part of DTN's ongoing View...