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No-till on the Plains organizers plan in-person event for 2021

Oct 21, 2020

If local circumstances change to prevent an in-person event, the conference will move to a virtual format.

USDA provides funds to enhance STEM education

Oct 20, 2020

Funding will expand educational programs in rural Kansas, particularly allied health courses.

Kansas farmer 'plants' ethanol support message

Oct 20, 2020

Rocky Ormiston uses precision ag tools to plant ethanol message in sorghum.

Chronic wasting disease spreads among Kansas deer

Oct 19, 2020

Slideshow: The fatal disease is moving south and east in deer herds across Kansas.

Good-quality irrigated land continues to hold value

Oct 16, 2020

Bidding remains strong as many auctions continue to host phone and online components.

Morning Market Review for Oct. 21, 2020

Oct 21, 2020

Soybeans rise on Argentine oilseed workers’ strike. (Comments are updated by 7:30 a.m. Central Time.)

Afternoon Market Recap for Oct. 20, 2020

Oct 20, 2020

Wheat extends latest rally.

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Look for reasons to be thankful

Oct 08, 2020

In a time of chaos, it’s harder to remain thankful.

Rural America needs to speak up to save U.S. Postal Service

Sep 17, 2020

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As chaotic 2020 winds down, we need strength in unity

Sep 10, 2020

Only by combining our strengths can Americans defeat the crises that confront us.

Research breakthroughs show value of sorghum checkoff

Jul 16, 2020

Livestock

Cattle ranchers hit hard by California's wildfires

Oct 19, 2020

Wineries, cannabis farms and cattle industry all take big hit from fires.

Farm Policy

IICA meets with ag leaders

Oct 19, 2020

Discussion revolves around ag trade, food security and national security.

Water Subcabinet established

Oct 19, 2020

Cabinet brings together federal agency officials to focus on nation's water supplies and systems.

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Rattan Lal awarded 2020 World Food Prize

Oct 15, 2020

Prize given to Lal for developing and mainstreaming soil-centric approach to growing food production.

Farm Progress America, October 20, 2020

Oct 20, 2020

Max Armstrong shares how farm groups are changing their approach to meetings in the face of a pandemic

USDA crop progress: Corn harvest reaches 60%

Oct 19, 2020

Soybean progress even farther along, with three-fourths of the crop harvested through October 18

U.S. tractor sales up 21.6% in September 2020

Oct 14, 2020

Total year-to-date tractor sales up 14.7% in 2020, according to Association of Equipment Manufacturers data.

Ag startups and going to market

Oct 16, 2020

The Around Farm Progress Podcast talks about two startups that are going commercial and the opportunity presented by the growing range of ag tech

Trade team visits go virtual

Oct 20, 2020

19 trade teams visited U.S. farms, elevators, ethanol plants following U.S. Grains Council virtual event.

Crops

SCN is focus of new video series

Oct 21, 2020

Do you have soybean cyst nematodes? Fall is excellent time to test for SCN and develop your management plan.

Study links neonicotinoids to bird declines

Oct 21, 2020

Researchers analyzed causal relationship between neonicotinoid use and decline in bird biodiversity.

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Less travel, more screen time change perspective

Aug 28, 2020

The trade show experience moves to my computer with the Farm Progress Virtual Experience.

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