While few farmers consider drought or knee-muck to be good times, from a revenue perspective, this year presents the best opportunity for profits in nearly a decade. Here are the top...
Katie Dehlinger
Farm Business Editor
Katie Dehlinger grew up near the Illinois-Wisconsin border in Rockton, Ill., and graduated from the University of Missouri in 2009 with a bachelor's of journalism in news/editorial writing and minors in history and sociology.
She's filled a number of roles at DTN, including nearly five years as the Markets Editor, where she covered commodities markets and marketing strategies in addition to USDA report lockups. She spent several years as the Executive Producer for RFDTV's daily news programs, Market Day Report and the Rural Evening News. She's now back at DTN, this time as the Farm Business Editor, where her reporting focuses on tax and estate planning, farmland values, health care and other issues that affect farmers' bottom lines.
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USDA's Risk Management Agency authorized new flexibilities to help producers and insurance companies respond to drought in the Western U.S., Northern Plains and other regions.
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DTN Progressive Farmer Digital Yield Tour
DTN and Progressive Farmer partner with Gro Intelligence to examine the nation's crop conditions during this year's Digital Yield Tour.
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It's important to stick with a disciplined management approach to keep expenses in check and to set aside profits.
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Digital Yield Tour
DTN and Progressive Farmer partner with Gro Intelligence to examine the nation's crop conditions during this year's Digital Yield Tour.
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Indiana Land Values Leap Higher
While all classes of farmland in Indiana saw double-digit percentage increases in value during the past year, growth is expected to moderate into 2022 as input costs pressure profit margins.
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Best Blog of the Week
USDA's Risk Management Agency authorized new flexibilities to help producers and insurance companies respond to drought in the Western U.S., Northern Plains and other regions.
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Keep the Good Times Rolling - 5
Small improvements can make a big difference to farmers' bottom lines, and that's why experts say using this time of strong grain prices to build working capital and make income-producing investments can help set your business up...
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Keep the Good Times Rolling - 1
Corn and soybean prices are among the highest they've been since the ethanol boom and experts expect the strong price environment to stick around for a few growing seasons. The first of this six-part series, "Keep the Good...
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When Tragedy Opens Doors
The unexpected loss of a family member changes the course of this farmer's career.
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Cover Crops Get Insurance Perk
A new program will give growers a $5-per-acre premium benefit on their crop insurance, but farmers must file their acreage report with the Farm Services Agency by June 15 to qualify.
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Farmland Values Surge
Most of the factors that influence farmland prices are pointing up. That's driving an unusual surge in midseason land sales that's pushing prices to levels last seen during the land market's peak...
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Loss of Family Member Changes Farm Dynamic
The unexpected loss of a family member changes the course of this farmer's career.
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DTN Farm Business Editor Katie Dehlinger stresses the importance of estate planning to lessen the stress of a sudden death.
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Grain Elevator Acquisition Advances
The U.S. Justice Department will require Zen-Noh to divest nine grain elevators along the Mississippi River and its tributaries in order to proceed with an acquisition of 48 grain elevators from Bunge North America so that farmers...
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Inflation Growth Uncertain
In a keynote address to the Kansas City Federal Reserve's annual Agricultural Symposium, the bank's president, Esther George, outlined the factors she'll be watching to determine whether post-pandemic inflation is here to stay or...
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Open-Outcry Trade Falls Silent
CME Group's open-outcry trading pits, which had been losing popularity amid the rise in electronic trading, won't reopen after being closed to prevent the spread of COVID-19 last March.