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13 May 2024
This article was originally published at 3:03 p.m. CDT on Monday, May 13. It was last updated with additional information at 3:51 p.m. CDT on Monday, May 13. ** OMAHA (DTN) -- Corn planting was about halfway finished nationwide by the end of last week but continued to trail the five-year average pace as wet conditions across parts of the Corn Belt ...
13 May 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- Farmers are still planting their 2024 spring crops, but their local biofuel plants are going to be increasingly focused on the carbon intensity score of those crops as well. The initial Treasury Department guidance for the 40B Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) tax credit released April 30 created some confusion over how it would work. ...
13 May 2024
MANHATTAN, Kan. (DTN) -- After nationwide drought led to the highest winter wheat abandonment rate in more than a century, the crop overall is in much better condition this year. How much better will be estimated this week as the Wheat Quality Council hosts its 2024 Hard Winter Wheat Tour in Kansas, the nation's largest producer of the crop. Nearly...
13 May 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- On average, rural Americans are sicker, live shorter lives and -- to complicate matters -- are seeing the number of available doctors continue to fall compared to their urban counterparts. In other words, rural America is losing doctors as it becomes less healthy. The fixes aren't simple but they are possible, according the p...
13 May 2024
DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- Dan Lakey's favorite phrase to disprove is "that'll never work here." From the conservation practices he's adopted to the crops being grown, the southeastern Idaho farmer has made it his business to buck convention. Since leaving the business world to come back to the home farm in 2009, he's made soil science a focus. No-till...