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3 Apr 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- U.S. pork producers had ramped up production in the first quarter of this year, but futures prices continue to fall as China announced Monday it was moving ahead with a 25% increase in tariffs on fresh pork products. The tariff hikes come after leaders from Chinese-owned Smithfield Foods -- respon...
2 Apr 2018
By Claire VathProgressive Farmer Contributing Editor Kai Knutson never envisioned a career in agribusiness. "I'd studied biology, and I wanted to be a college professor," said the now-27-year-old. Yogurt opened up his worldview. Upon graduation from Minnesota's Carleton College in 2011, Knutson was awarded a Watson Fellowship, offering him the opp...
2 Apr 2018
By Claire VathProgressive Farmer Contributing Editor Kai Knutson never envisioned a career in agribusiness. "I'd studied biology, and I wanted to be a college professor," said the now-27-year-old. Yogurt opened up his worldview. Upon graduation from Minnesota's Carleton College in 2011, Knutson was awarded a Watson Fellowship, offering him the opp...
2 Apr 2018
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Tech giant Microsoft is working to eliminate the broadband gap in rural areas, but the company needs rural residents' help to accomplish that goal, a company executive said on Wednesday. Speaking at the Nebraska Rural Futures Institute on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus, Shelley McKinley, Mi...
2 Apr 2018
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Tech giant Microsoft is working to eliminate the broadband gap in rural areas, but the company needs rural residents' help to accomplish that goal, a company executive said on Wednesday. Speaking at the Nebraska Rural Futures Institute on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus, Shelley McKinley, Mi...