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26 Dec 2018
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Rural areas face a rising opioid epidemic with scarce health services and doctors, a lack of internet connectivity, economic struggles and a stigma attached to addiction. While a federal effort is underway on numerous fronts, rural areas search for their own solutions. Cherokee Health Systems is a non...
26 Dec 2018
By Stephanie Patton DTN\Progressive Farmer Contributor Cameron Dinkins was home from college during Thanksgiving break when a streak of lightning lit up the farmland surrounding his family home, Linden Plantation, in Glen Allan, Mississippi. It had been raining for most of the day, and in that brief glimpse outside, he saw vast expanses of water. T...
26 Dec 2018
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst OMAHA (DTN) -- The domestic distillers dried grains average spot price from the 40 locations DTN contacted was $3 higher, at $164 per ton, for the week ended Dec. 20, versus one week ago. Prices ranged from unchanged to higher at the locations contacted, while California prices moved lower at the two spots lis...
24 Dec 2018
By Todd HultmanDTN Lead Analyst It was just a year ago when I wrote two articles about the merits of buying inexpensive put options as a way to minimize the price risk of owning and growing crops. Of all the various risk management strategies growers are presented with, buying an inexpensive put option has to be the one of the easiest, no-hassle ...
24 Dec 2018
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Richard and Annette Dyreng were vacationing in Texas on Jan. 11, 2017, when the phone rang. A solemn-voiced police officer said their daughter, Cami Dyreng -- a former scholar, college marching band member, high school cheerleader, and mother of three boys -- was found dead from a heroin overdose back...