In 2025, the Freedom Rock is celebrating 27 years of honoring military veterans. Ray "Bubba" Sorensen started painting the large boulder when he was 19. Located just south of I80 off exit 86 in SW Iowa, the rock is painted yearly for Memorial Day.
Oklahoma farmer and livestock producer Jimmy Emmons speaking to DTN about his work involving cover crop adoption and integrating livestock into those practices.
Adam Stuteville, regional manager for Farmers’ Independent Research of Seed Technologies (FIRST) in Kansas and southeast Nebraska, discusses crop conditions and yield potential near Louisburg in east-central Kansas.
Farmers' Independent Research in Seed Technology (FIRST) field trial manager Nathan Roux explains the set up of his test plot in Gridley, Ill., and how the partnership with DTN helps him watch the corn grow.
Cold, wet planting delayed corn planting on Guy Schafer's farm northeast of Indianapolis, but when weather turned hot, soil moisture carried them through.
Kevin Ross, a farmer in Southwest Iowa, talks about crop conditions dealing with drought during planting season that appears to have eased over the past month at his farm.
Chandra and Mike Langseth, of Barney, N.D. are participants in this year's View From the Cab. DTN's Pamela Smith visited them on May 25 and Chandra shared how seeding went this spring.
Roger Hoy, director of the tractor laboratory at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, talks with DTN Staff Reporter Todd Neeley about work being done at the lab, as well as the state of farmers’ ability to repair their own agriculture equipment.
An interview with Nicole Berg, a wheat farmer in southeast Washington, talking about the possible impacts of removing four federal dams on the Snake River.
John Deere uses two types of cameras to give vision to its 8R autonomous tractor (stereo cams) and to its See 412R Sprayer with its See & Spray Ultimate technology; a single camera to identify weeds as small as a finger nail while running at 12 mph.
Autonomous John Deere 8R 410 Tractor paired with a 2430 Chisel Plow during a tech media Day that John Deere held at its test farm at Coupland, Texas on April 4, 2023
DTN/Progressive Farmer sits down with Deere President Cory Reed to talk about technology, how farmers might get access to it and what's new from Deere.
NCGA corn yield champion Ben Kron, Evansville, Indiana, discusses his top five points of emphasis when maintaining and setting up a planter to achieve high yields. He won the 2021 strip-till (and other practices) irrigated class with nearly 391 bpa.
Katiera Perez, a specialist with the Cooperativa De Productores De Leche De Puerto Rico (COOPLE), and dairy farmer Jorge Rivera Cordero discuss increasing grazing practices.
John Deere announced its new ExactShot technology at the CES in Las Vegas today. ExactShot sprays starter fertilizer only on the planted seed. Deere estimates the technology will reduce the use of starter fertilizer by 60%
Prashant Jha, Iowa State University Extension weed specialist, discusses testing on the Redekop weed seed destructor, which destroys weed seeds that enter a combine. It's a tool to fight herbicide-resistant weeds.
Franklin Carmack harvests cotton near Ripley, Tennessee, on Oct. 5, 2022. He discusses the 2022 growing season and profit potential for the crop, and also for 2023.
Derek and Tannis Axten, who farm near Minton, Saskatchewan, have adjusted their farm operation to produce more crops that yield less but have higher value in food markets. The farm is planning to build its own flour mill over the next year as well.
Mark Hoimyr moves cattle from one grazing pen to another on Box H Farm near Gladmar, Saskatchewan. Hoimyr markets grass-fed cattle off his 5,000 acres of native prairie and grasses.
Brad McDonald, a farmer from eastern Iowa, talks to DTN about signing up with CIBO's test pilot program and his interest in using climate-smart practices to ideally reduce chemical fertilizers on his farm.
Trenton and Ashton Bohling talk with DTN staff reporter Todd Neeley about their participation in the University of Nebraska cooperative extension's weather-ready farms program.
Sarah Carlson, senior program director for Practical Farmers of Iowa, talks to DTN about PFI's work with PepsiCo to enroll farmers in a cover crop program to reduce nitrogen use.
Dave Green, Wheat Quality Council executive vice president, provides final yield estimates and analysis for the council’s 2022 Hard Spring Wheat And Durum Tour.
Dave Green, Wheat Quality Council executive vice president, talks about Day 2 of the council's annual Hard Spring Wheat and Durum Tour. About 50 scouts assess fields in North Dakota and Minnesota.
Dave Green, Wheat Quality Council EVP, discusses Day 1 yield results from the council's annual Hard Spring Wheat and Durum Tour in North Dakota and Minnesota.
On a 50-mile drive from York, Nebraska to Lincoln, DTN editors Elaine Shein and Dan Miller document the path of a hail and wind storm that devastated crops, grain bins and pivots earlier this week.
Michael Cully, CEO of Susterre, discusses the use of ultra-high-pressure water jets on planters to more easily slice through crop residue and inject nutrients to improve row-crop stands and yields.
Late-Winter to Summer Weather Outlook
DTN Ag Meteorologist John Baranick gives the seasonal outlook to see how La Nina and El Nino may affect planting and crop growth.
Dean Edge from Rimbey, Alberta was named the 2025 World Champion Livestock Auctioneer during the contest held in Dunlap, Iowa. He is the third Canadian to win the contest, which started in 1963.
Join Ken Root and John Baranick, DTN's Ag Meteorologist, as they discuss the weather outlook for this summer's growing season and how that may affect crops and crop agronomics. Brought to you by Crop Protection Portfolios from Corteva Agriscience.
A small Texas cattle producer, Tony Coleman has lost more than 40 cows and calves over the past two years. County tests show contamination from forever chemicals on his land is causing dramatic harm to his cows' livers.
As a boy growing up in Iowa, Jarrett Orman loved setting up toy rodeos and pretending to be the announcer. At the age of 21, he now announces and is sound director at rodeos across the country.
The family had an open house for Wayne Dreessen's 80th birthday and him, his son Tim and grandson Taylor got all 51 of their International tractors out and cleaned up for friends and family to see.
The 2024 Iowa State Fair continues through Aug. 18 in Des Moines. The fair started in 1854 but moved to its current location in 1886 in Des Moines. It attracts over 1 million visitors each year.
DTN Senior Livestock Editor Jennifer Carrico's grandfather purchased this Farmall Super M in 1953 and it has been used by three generations on her central Iowa farm and then restored by her son, the fourth generation.
Hank Graves, who farms in Platte County, Mo., is planting soybeans directly into a wheat-cereal rye cover crop mix that was sprayed with a herbicide a few days earlier. Graves said his family is participating in the Farmers for Soil Health program.
Joel Honeyman, vice president of global innovation, Bobcat, tells how Bobcat is incorporating battery power, autonomy and glass technology into its machines.
DTN/Progressive Farmer's 2024 America's Best Young Farmers and Ranchers program honors Megan and Tyler Knott, Knott Land and Livestock/Trout Creek Meats, at Oak Creek, Colorado
DTN/Progressive Farmer's 2024 America's Best Young Farmers and Ranchers program honors Kasey Bamberger and Heath Bryant, Bryant Agricultural Enterprise, Washington Court House, Ohio
Ag Policy Editor Chris Clayton and Political Correspondent Jerry Hagstrom Discuss Policy Surrounding Farm Programs and Crop Insurance in the Next Farm Bill
The KC Farm School grows produce in a lower-income area of Kansas City, Kan., while holding farmer markets and workshops for area gardeners and prospective urban farmers.
Shawn Hock, Syngenta herbicide product lead, discusses how farmers can maximize fertilizer efficiency through weed control at the company's 2022 Media Summit in New Orleans.
American Coalition for Ethanol CEO Brian Jennings talks about some of the latest developments in the ethanol industry with DTN Staff Reporter Todd Neeley
Sign Up for Soil Health is a one-hour webinar on Farmers for Soil Health sponsored by the American Soybean Association, the United Soybean Board and Our Soy Checkoff.
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