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Discuss safety before visitors come to harvest field

Jun 17, 2021

Ways to reduce your cattle feed bill

Jun 17, 2021

Ethanol outlook promising after brutal last two years

Jun 16, 2021

Slower pig slaughtering has farmers worried hog rally has peaked

Jun 16, 2021

USDA increases incentives for CRP sign-ups

Jun 16, 2021

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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

Family farming for 200 years? Apply for Founding Farm designation

May 21, 2021

The deadline is extended for Missouri farms and ranches to apply for century or bicentennial status.

Do farm kids know too much about birth process?

Apr 28, 2021

Crops

Purest potash in world to be harvested in Michigan

Jun 17, 2021

A $1 billion investment ensures a domestic source of the critical crop fertilizer.

Livestock

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Make mine milk

Jun 16, 2021

Midwest Dairy shares nutrition and sustainability message with millennials and Generation Z.

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New pandemic dollars coming for biofuels, livestock producers

Jun 15, 2021

USDA announces latest COVID aid for biofuels, dairy farmers and processors, livestock farmers and contract growers of poultry.

My Generation

Women: Picture a future on the farm

May 13, 2021

Times are changing and so are the names. Here’s a look at how the farmer title is more flexible than ever — and how the field may be more level...

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USDA crop progress: Corn quality continues to erode

Jun 15, 2021

Ratings drop another four points last week, and soybeans slide five points lower

Fix the ‘gap in the row’ phenomenon

Jun 15, 2021

Corn Illustrated: The first step is to determine why there is a gap in the corn row.

Are corn nematodes lurking in your field?

Jun 11, 2021

Short answer is probably yes, according to a new study conducted by Pioneer.

USDA is searching for hog producer responses

Jun 15, 2021

If you are a swine producer, keep on the lookout for questionnaires from the USDA

New filter improves irrigation systems

Jun 16, 2021

Netafim launches an innovative system to take on water quality challenges in microdrip irrigation.

Vilsack advocates Senate action on farm labor reform

Jun 16, 2021

Ag coalition also calling on Senate to take up bill addressing ag labor shortfalls.

Technology

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Software firm Bushel acquires FarmLogs

Jun 16, 2021

Bringing the two companies together aims to accelerate creation of a more integrated experience from field to market

ISU-led research studies interaction between genomics and environment

Jun 15, 2021

ISU researchers use an integrated framework to help accurately predict plant traits like flowering time and plant height.

Farmer Iron

For the want of a chip, the truck was lost

Apr 20, 2021

The rising challenge of computer chip scarcity is affecting surprising industries.

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Ledgerock Distillery turns homegrown grains into spirits

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