DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) — The farming lives of Dan Lakey and Quint Pottinger have been dissected and dedicated to countless words since May 2024 as part of DTN’s View From the Cab feature.
If you’ve followed the series this year, there’s been plenty to write and read about from the volunteer farmer correspondents. Even though some 1,640 miles separate their Idaho and Kentucky farming operations, and they raise different commodities, weather challenges have been a consistent theme for both farmers.
We’ve written about flooding, drought, frost, hail, hurricanes and winds. There have been other trying things, too — crops decimated by deer. Lakey had a combine that caught fire. Last week, Pottinger’s granary experienced an electrical meltdown and barely averted a serious fire…