EllaMae Reiff

DTN Content Editor | Purdue Alum

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The U.S. corn crop is rated 67% good to excellent and the soybean crop 66% good to excellent in their first condition ratings of the year, according to USDA NASS's weekly #CropProgressReport released today.

Content Editor @ellareiff reports: https://t.co/Ga1Cf36PV0

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Fingers crossed the rain stays away, so we can wrap up corn and soybean planting this week in northern Indiana. @AgVentureInc

#plant2026 #AgVenture

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@AgVentureInc Absolutely!

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There’s no better sign of spring than a planter rolling across the field. 🌽@AgVentureInc
#plant2026 #AgVenture

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And early Tuesday morning, Jan. 27, I found out it's closing. The Agricultural Education program continues, but the Communication side is done and closing in June.

#Purdue #PurdueUniversity

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Purdue Agricultural Sciences Education and Communication Department is closing due to low enrollment.

“Everything I am professionally, so much of who I am personally — it traces back to those three years in that department. To those hallways. To those people. The career I have today? I wouldn't have it without ASEC” says @ellareiff

Read more: https://t.co/LwFqQCt7oR

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Featured DTN speakers include Lead Analyst @R_D_Montgomery, Ag Meteorologist John Baranick and Livestock Analyst ShayLe Stewart for respective outlooks on the grain market, weather and cattle, hosted by Farm Business Editor @KatieD_DTN

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Editor's Notebook: Practicing proper biosecurity and monitoring our horses daily has never been more important as the equine community navigates the EHV-1 outbreak.

"This world is my world, and seeing it shaken like this hits close to home," DTN Content Editor @ellareiff writes.

What horse owners need to know and how to protect your horse: https://t.co/LC8PENNQJw

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Lessons from the buggy seat during harvest season.

"Farm life has a way of asking us to stretch in directions we didn't anticipate," DTN Content Editor @ellareiff says.

"By the end of the night as I watched the sun set, I realized that I could take on new challenges and keep things moving forward."

Read Ella's full story: https://t.co/XZZDhuxH4I

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Another day, another field from a few weeks ago.

We’re thankful for the little bit of rain that came through yesterday in northern Indiana. It wasn’t much, but grateful for every drop.

We’re back at it already for 🌽 harvest today.

#harvest #corn #harvest2025 #AgVenture

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And we wouldn’t have it any other way. 💚

Soybean harvest is wrapping up today, and it’s been extremely dry here in northern Indiana. 🌱

#harvest #harvest2025 #soybeans #AgVenture

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A USDA news release that was not attributed to an official said, "The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the termination of future Household Food Security Reports. These redundant, costly, politicized, and extraneous studies do nothing more than fear-monger."

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The Trump administration announced Saturday that USDA will no longer publish reports on household food insecurity, a decision that was immediately denounced by the anti-hunger movement.

Details: https://t.co/3Vg01BoEQh

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A good first day of Harvest 2025 🌱

#harvest25 #harvest #soybeans

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To date, program participants have saved over $320,000, and after receiving their match dollars, have been able to purchase more than $570,000 in long-term assets to further their operations, according to PFI.

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Since its launch in 2010, the Savings Incentive Program (SIP) has supported 222 beginning farmers on their path to establishing a healthy farm business https://t.co/PyqrJt7sYF

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"There is no concern that this circumstance poses a risk to consumer health, or that it affects the safety of the commercial milk supply," APHIS said in a news release.

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A central Nebraska dairy herd is quarantined after a positive highly pathogenic avian influenza test.

Livestock Editor @JennCattleGal reports: https://t.co/eynpjIpgMT

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“These commitments are more than words on paper -- they are a promise to operate safely, openly and in a way that brings meaningful benefits to the people and places that make this project possible," he said in a letter on Sept. 15, 2025.

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Summit Carbon Solutions said it will provide additional dollars for landowners and communities along its proposed carbon pipeline route.

Environmental Editor @DTNeeley reports: https://t.co/gXCoKOLpoQ

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Talk about an economic aid package for farmers is accelerating quickly by key members of Congress and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins.

Ag Policy Editor @ChrisClaytonDTN reports: https://t.co/SR5E8YM9Ov

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The question is, will it be 50%, 100%, another percentage, or even none of the gallons lost through exemptions from 2023 to 2025?

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The Trump administration is planning to reallocate biofuels gallons lost through small-refinery exemptions to the Renewable Fuel Standard, according to a proposal released by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday.

Environmental Editor @DTNeeley reports: https://t.co/7zMjow7Nb6

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"This action advances the Trump administration's successful efforts to support a lower cost of living for American families and American farmers while protecting human health and the environment," the agency said in a news release at the time.

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Environmental groups on Monday asked a federal appeals court to review the Trump administration's final action to impose no additional wastewater discharge regulations on meat and poultry processing plants.

Environmental Editor @DTNeeley reports: https://t.co/VMT7NTTXqo

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TEPAP is a week-long business bootcamp designed to help farmers and ranchers think creatively about farm finance, family business governance, human resources, sales, negotiation and so much more.

"The real benefit is the people you meet," says Farm Business Editor @KatieD_DTN

Read more: https://t.co/IMJWGkwAnJ

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Early fall pasture and range conditions in Midwestern states continue to dwindle as little rain has been seen for several weeks.

Livestock Editor @JennCattleGal reports: https://t.co/VMT7NTTXqo