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Jul 23, 2021

Senate hearing focuses on need for ag labor reform

Jul 23, 2021

U.S.-China trade booms as if virus, tariffs never happened

Jul 22, 2021

Whitley named Foreign Agricultural Service administrator

Jul 22, 2021

Lawsuit challenges EPA’s approval of new herbicide

Jul 22, 2021

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I’d still enroll my kid in 4-H

Jul 09, 2021

While the 4-H emblem controversy created division, kids can renew your faith in this organization.

Milk, it does a gamer good

Jun 25, 2021

Freedom Fest Breeding Sheep Jackpot Show exhibitors at the Missouri State Fairgrounds

Back in the livestock show ring

Jun 11, 2021

Kids, go all out. Leave it all on the shavings. You deserve this.

Screen time may be good for ag’s future

Jun 04, 2021

Crops

Pet food market opening doors for sorghum growers

Jul 21, 2021

Sorghum Focus: American pets chow down on U.S. sorghum.

Livestock

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7 Ag stories you may have missed

Jul 23, 2021

From wildfires in the west to the dairy industry, we are bring you 7 ag stories you will want to catch up on this weekend.

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Food crops become animal feed as North American drought worsens

Jul 22, 2021

The highest and greatest need in a drought is feed for livestock, so farmers will try to salvage hay value from crops.

My Generation

3 men, a tractor and some generators

Jul 01, 2021

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, or like a couple of farm dads on a mission to restore power on a deadline.

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Farm Progress America, July 20, 2021

Jul 20, 2021

Max Armstrong offers a look at a major global competitor in the soybean market - Brazil

Heavy rains may lead to pocket nitrogen issues

Jul 20, 2021

Corn Watch: Scout for signs of nitrogen deficiency while you can still add more N.

Corteva adds Lumiderm to LumiGen family of seed treatments

Jul 20, 2021

Lumiderm provides additional protection from insects like cutworms, wireworms, thrips and seedcorn maggot; it also helps improve seedling vigor.

China’s pork imports set to plunge 50% as local prices tumble

Jul 16, 2021

The plunge in China’s demand for foreign pork could be welcome news for consumers elsewhere in the world.

Vermeer reveals future tech haytools

Jul 14, 2021

From windrow-guided auto-steering to a robot bale collector, the company is going public with some innovative tools

STB urged to resume developing rule on rail competition

Jul 21, 2021

Agricultural Transportation Working Group seeks action to prevent railroads from abusing their market dominance.

Technology

Panel presentation at a Corteva field day

Learn how to evaluate a carbon program

Jul 22, 2021

Before signing with a company’s carbon sequestration program, consider these factors.

Soil microbes boost corn hybrid vigor

Jul 21, 2021

Study finds microscopic organisms play a role in the phenomenon of heterosis or “hybrid vigor,” the superior performance of crossed plant lines.

Farmer Iron

Innovation key ingredient to company longevity

Jul 23, 2021

How does a company get to 100? It takes more than hope.

This Week in Agribusiness

This Week in Agribusiness, July 24, 2021

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Mowers, swine tech, diverse tools make up latest product roundup

Farm Service Agency Administrator talks programs

Jul 23, 2021