The percentage of rural youth wearing protective helmets when operating all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) is low. Wearing a helmet protects children from serious head injuries and possibly death...
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- Todd Neeley
- Linda Nellson
- Richard Oswald
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- Susan Payne
- Russ Quinn
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Russ Quinn
Russ attended Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and graduated with an associate's degree in agribusiness and farm management in 1994. He then attended the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, Nebraska, and graduated with a bachelor's degree in agricultural sciences in 1996.
After graduating, he began working for DTN in May of 1997 in the agriculture telesales department. In May of 1998 he was promoted to his current position in the DTN ag newsroom. Over the years, Russ has had many different editing and reporting duties and currently writes original articles including the growing-season series "View From the Cab" and the weekly column "Russ' Vintage Iron."
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Soybean gall midge (SGM) is a relatively new soybean pest in the areas close to the Missouri River Valley. Much research is being done at land-grant universities in Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas...
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Observe Proper Bin Safety Practices
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