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Create a winning 2024 grain marketing plan Create a winning 2024 grain marketing plan

Follow these steps to develop a game plan that gives your farm the best chance to succeed next year.

byMike Wilson, Ben Potter

Nov 28, 2023|

5 Min Read

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When should I prune my trees and shrubs?When should I prune my trees and shrubs?

Nov 28, 2023

3 Min Read

Dry beans field

What are the limits? Irrigate within water allocations What are the limits? Irrigate within water allocations

Nov 22, 2023

4 Min Read

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Harvest and handle frost-damaged soybeans Harvest and handle frost-damaged soybeans

Nov 6, 2023

4 Min Read

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Know different types of tar spot Know different types of tar spot

Oct 30, 2023

2 Min Read

Round hay bales in a freshly cut field

No hay for winter? Put up cornstalk bales No hay for winter? Put up cornstalk bales

Oct 19, 2023

3 Min Read

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Farm Business Planning

How to kick-start your strategic plan

How to kick-start your strategic plan

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What are tips for mulching garden for winter?

What are tips for mulching garden for winter?

Cattle grazing in field

5 tips to fine-tune cattle mineral program

5 tips to fine-tune cattle mineral program

Cows grazing in a field

Grazing corn residue? 4 factors to consider

Grazing corn residue? 4 factors to consider

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5 tips for battling white mold in soybeans

5 tips for battling white mold in soybeans

A field filled with waterhemp weeds

Make your weed control plan now

Make your weed control plan now

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7 steps to enter direct-to-consumer meat market

7 steps to enter direct-to-consumer meat market

BUILD FARM TEAM: Jessica Groskopf, University of Nebraska Extension economist, says a transition team is key to a successful farm succession plan.

Farm Business Planning

Try these farm transition conversation starters

Try these farm transition conversation starters

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Farm Business Planning

Reimagine retirement: Build a custom farm succession plan

Reimagine retirement: Build a custom farm succession plan

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5 calf health considerations to maximize immunity

5 calf health considerations to maximize immunity

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5 harvest meal hacks for busy season

5 harvest meal hacks for busy season

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Will wild cucumber kill my shelterbelt trees?

Will wild cucumber kill my shelterbelt trees?

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9 steps to maximize winter forage

9 steps to maximize winter forage

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Crop Protection

How late can herbicides be applied?

How late can herbicides be applied?

Cows eating forage

5 ways to optimize a low-forage diet

5 ways to optimize a low-forage diet

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Farming Equipment

Is your combine ready for fall?

Is your combine ready for fall?

Narrow rows of corn are perfect for rapid shading of the ground from weeds

Livestock/Dairy

Try forage sorghum for organic dairying

Try forage sorghum for organic dairying

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Pest management tips for apple trees

Pest management tips for apple trees

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Are you the employer of choice?

Are you the employer of choice?

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Put your people skills to the test

Put your people skills to the test

wheat field

Graze cereal grains for extra forage

Graze cereal grains for extra forage

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Eisenhower got time management right

Eisenhower got time management right

Case IH planter

Planting considerations for corn, soybeans

Planting considerations for corn, soybeans

Flowers in garden

Conservation & Sustainability

How to attract beneficial insects to farm garden

How to attract beneficial insects to farm garden

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How is your farm’s financial performance? Use this scorecard to find out

How is your farm’s financial performance? Use this scorecard to find out

Close-up view of a brown and white Hereford cow's hooves

Follow these 7 steps to reset post-drought pastures

Follow these 7 steps to reset post-drought pastures

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Quick tips for no-till gardening

Quick tips for no-till gardening

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Get more out of your meetings

Get more out of your meetings

Kara Pittman demonstrates how to measure nozzle output during a crops conference in Lebanon, Pa.

Farming Equipment

Tips to calibrate your sprayer

Tips to calibrate your sprayer

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