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23 Mar 2020
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- The Trump administration announced it would limit nonessential travel across the borders with both Canada and Mexico, but officials also assured that guest workers would continue to be allowed into the country. During a briefing at the White House on Friday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pointed...
23 Mar 2020
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst Hope springs eternal. As the coronavirus has taken over our lives, there are still many signs of hope along the way that attempt to bring us back to normal. Two obvious signs are the sunrise and sunset that happen every single day no matter what is going on around us, and remind all of us that life goes on. ...
20 Mar 2020
By Dan MillerProgressive Farmer Senior Editor Just last Friday, Whiskey Acres Distilling Company was making plans to expand its DeKalb, Illinois-based and award-winning spirits business to Nebraska. But the rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic swept those plans aside. Only a few days later, Whiskey Acres President and CEO Jamie Walter is preparing...
20 Mar 2020
By DTN Staff OMAHA (DTN) -- Commodity markets finally pushed back Thursday after a week of brutal trading days with futures prices in grains, livestock and energy sectors all ending in the green. Stocks and commodity markets rose despite continued negative headlines and economic concerns about the coronavirus, including a surge of unemployment cl...
20 Mar 2020
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter For more than two decades, Joe Spencer has spent many a summer evening standing atop 30-foot-tall towers above corn fields, trying to catch adult Western corn rootworm beetles as they buzz by looking for a place to lay eggs. Lately, he's been a little lonely up there. "Populations are pretty low right now," said...