Pamela Smith

2 weeks ago | dtnpf.com | Pamela Smith |Pam Smith

Farmer's Daughter Movie Tells Story of Resilience 4/6/2025 | 2:27 PM CDT By  Pamela Smith , Crops Technology Editor DECATUR, Illinois (DTN) -- Tara Barrett-Duzan used to report the news. Making news by becoming a full-time farmer and having a documentary made about her decision to do so wasn't exactly in the career plan. But there's a lot about Barrett-Duzan's life that has deviated from the script during the past few years.

3 weeks ago | dtnpf.com | Pamela Smith |Pam Smith

Nutrien Expands Innovation Farm Network to Illinois 3/28/2025 | 10:00 AM CDT By  Pamela Smith , Crops Technology Editor There's a strip of county highway south of Champaign, Illinois, locals refer to as "Research Alley." Many of the major crop companies have established research centers along this corridor with an eye toward putting crop inputs, seed and all manner of agriculture technology to the test.

1 month ago | dtnpf.com | Pamela Smith |Pam Smith

Take Anhydrous Safety Seriously 3/24/2025 | 4:26 PM CDT By  Pamela Smith , Crops Technology Editor Anhydrous ammonia tanks have started to move. The call to be safe while moving and handling this important crop nutrient is personal for this writer. I experienced a much too close call several years ago while photographing anhydrous being applied. Accidents happen fast and it doesn't take much exposure to cause a problem.

1 month ago | dtnpf.com | Pamela Smith |Pam Smith

Free Tools Guide Crop Input Decisions 2/26/2025 | 10:41 AM CST By  Pamela Smith , Crops Technology Editor Changing crop input programs can be a real brain teaser. Fortunately, there are some free tools to help sort through the management maze. GROW's (Getting Rid of Weeds) Weed Management Planner shows the primary crop and weed tactics available to farmers (both chemical and non-chemical) and how each one affects dozens of individual weed species.

2 months ago | dtnpf.com | Pamela Smith |Pam Smith

Do you like to talk farming, agronomics and rural life? Here's your chance to do it on a national platform. For the past 20 years, DTN has followed farmers from two different regions of the country throughout the growing season through a column called View From the Cab. Now we're looking for farmers for the 2025 View From the Cab feature. Here's how it works.