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13 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...
13 Aug 2024
MT. JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- Illinois' growing season got off to a wet start. Planting got done in windows here and there, sometimes late or in less-than-ideal conditions. June turned hot and dry, raising alarms of a 2023 repeat, only to be assuaged by generous rainfall from several strong weather events that came with a side of hail and a blast of w...
13 Aug 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- USDA will test the muscle tissue of as many as 800 cull dairy cows at processing plants to see if any of the meat tests positive for the H5N1 avian flu virus. There have not been any positive tests of meat samples in three different studies USDA conducted earlier this spring. USDA announced the new meat inspections Tuesday as the FDA...
12 Aug 2024
MT. JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- The DTN Digital Yield Tour returns for its seventh season on Tuesday, Aug. 13. The Digital Yield Tour has always employed the power of satellite imagery and data science to provide insights into growing conditions around the Corn Belt, but the source of this year's data and the format is changing. The 2024 Digital Yield T...
12 Aug 2024
This article was originally published at 3:03 p.m. CDT on Monday, Aug. 12. It was last updated with additional information at 3:43 p.m. CDT on Monday, Aug. 12. ** OMAHA (DTN) -- Good-to-excellent ratings for both corn and soybeans were unchanged last week, continuing a season-long trend of ratings for both crops holding mostly stable at the nationa...