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15 Aug 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- In a speech that highlighted policy differences with Republicans, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Thursday detailed the potential of jet fuel from ethanol even if the process to make it work is cumbersome at best. On Friday, Vilsack will be in Minnesota to announce more USDA funding for E15 pumps and other infrastructure. V...
15 Aug 2024
MT. JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- Crops planted in a window in late April appear to outshine others in Ohio, where drought lingers on the Corn Belt's eastern fringe. Patchy and highly variable, the corn crop will be unlikely to challenge records, but soybeans could make their case as sunny, warm, wet weather further helps pods fill -- in some cases to the...
15 Aug 2024
MT. JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- Iowa pulled itself out of drought and into a record corn crop, if the DTN Digital Yield Tour estimates hold true. An active rainy pattern settled over the state this spring, and while it slowed planting season down, most areas benefitted from the replenishing rainfall. Parts of the state's northwest received too much rain...
15 Aug 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- When Zippy Duvall took the stage at Minnesota FarmFest last week for a radio interview, his primary concern wasn't the farm bill. Instead, he highlighted the issue he hears about most from farmers as he travels across the country: Labor. "The biggest issue I hear about everywhere I go is farm labor," Duvall said. "That's the No. 1 th...
14 Aug 2024
MT. JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- Most of South Dakota missed severe, crop-damaging weather this summer, yet benefited from consistent rainfall associated with this summer's active weather pattern over the Western Corn Belt. Limited heat stress helped plants thrive through pollination, but now it's bleeding into concerns that it's going to take longer for...