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Broadband internet is not readily available to all rural residents. (DTN file photo)

COVID-19 Tests Slow Internet

5/22/2020 | 4:05 PM CDT

Rural Areas Struggle With Lack of Broadband During Pandemic

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Family Business Matters

5/22/2020 | 10:15 AM CDT

The Keys to Great Communication

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A Chinese flag blows in the wind on a ship loaded with cargo at the port of Long Beach, California, in 2018. Agricultural exports to China for some key commodities are rising, but the sales are way behind what is needed to reach the goals from the phase-one trade deal signed in January. (DTN file photo by Chris Clayton)

Ag Sales to China Tick Upward

5/22/2020 | 2:30 PM CDT

China is Buying More Farm Products, But Not Enough to Reach Phase-One Goals

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USDA estimates U.S. soybean exports will fall short of Brazil's total by roughly 1.0 billion bushels in 2020-21, the third consecutive annual gap of that size. Given Brazil's 4.56 billion bushel soybean crop in early 2020, the gap could even be wider as USDA's U.S. export estimate looks unlikely. (Chart by Todd Hultman, based on USDA's May 2020 WASDE estimates)

Todd's Take

5/22/2020 | 8:21 AM CDT

Constipated Ag Markets

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The ethanol industry is seeing signs of life following the COVID-19 economic slowdown. (DTN photo by Matthew Wilde)

Ethanol Shows Signs of Life

5/22/2020 | 11:16 AM CDT

Falling Stocks, Rising Fuel Demand Helps Industry

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Taking Interest in Interest Rate Effects on Ag Prices

If $220 annual cash rent could be received for an acre of Iowa farmland forever, the present value could be calculated like a perpetuity, but that value is tremendously sensitive to your assumptions about the long-term discount rate. (Chart by Elaine Kub)

5/24/2020 | 2:52 PM CDT

Lower interest rates typically imply higher justified asset prices, and now that interest...

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Alberta's 2020 planting pace of all crops (black line) took a big leap during the week ending May 19 to 61.8% complete, slightly ahead of the five-year average of 59.2%, but behind the 72.6% reported this time last year. (DTN graphic by Cliff Jamieson)

Alberta Planting Makes Strides

5/22/2020 | 4:56 PM CDT

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DTN and NOAA forecasts for the June-July-August temperature pattern show mostly favorable seasonal trend over the primary row crop production areas. (DTN/NOAA graphics)

Favorable Summer Temperatures Forecast

5/22/2020 | 4:26 PM CDT

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Kyle Quinn, 15, plays his tuba from a high spot on the Quinn farm in order to get a strong enough mobile phone signal to send his performance to his band teacher. Brother Burke, 10, holds the music and sister Ella, 8, listens. (DTN photo by Russ Quinn.)

Weak Rural Internet Makes Rural Life Interesting

5/22/2020 | 3:51 PM CDT

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