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Food crops become animal feed as North American drought worsens

Jul 22, 2021

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

Jul 22, 2021

Lawsuit challenges EPA’s approval of new herbicide

Jul 22, 2021

Japanese beetle invasion affecting Wash. grapevines

Jul 22, 2021

Barred owl removal slows spotted owl decline

Jul 22, 2021

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Making a home away from home

Jul 22, 2021

Don’t the best stories start with “That one time in college …”? Here’s how we’re gearing up to send our girl to college, with piles of hopes and dreams.

3 men, a tractor and some generators

Jul 01, 2021

Turns out, farmers are a carbon solution

Jun 21, 2021

But the carbon market is still in development, the players have different game plans, and the upfront costs are bigger than the incentives. Here’s what we need next.

Women: Picture a future on the farm

May 13, 2021

Crops

By the end of July 2012 about 86 percent of the primary corn and soybean belt experienced moderate to extreme drought surpassing all previous droughts except those in 1988 and the 1930sThe corn on this Iowa farm was harvested weeks ahead of schedule due to extreme heat The condition of about half of all corn fields in Iowa was listed as poor or very poor according to the Iowa Department of Agriculture

American ingenuity leading the way through 2021 drought

Jul 23, 2021

AFBF survey assesses how farmers and ranchers are dealing with drought.

Farm Policy

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Senate hearing focuses on need for ag labor reform

Jul 23, 2021

Dairy and pork industries promote need for year-round labor in comprehensive labor reform.

Whitley named Foreign Agricultural Service administrator

Jul 22, 2021

Career USDA staffer takes over top position to help navigate latest trade landscape and find new ways to support farmers.

Farmer Iron

Innovation key ingredient to company longevity

Jul 23, 2021

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

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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.

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

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.

CSU launches multi-disciplinary ranch management program

Jul 22, 2021

The new graduate-level program in the Warner College of Natural Resources builds on the expertise of college researchers, faculty and staff.

Coalition supports mass collection of farm data

Jul 21, 2021

Can big data collection help farmers mitigate climate change?

Farm Progress America, July 22, 2021

Jul 22, 2021

Max Armstrong offers a look at a key food product - eggs

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.

Alfalfa systems have changed over past century

Jul 22, 2021

Then and Now: Looking back to December 1913, one Nebraska farmer wrote about planting alfalfa in rows.

Max Armstrong's Daily Updates

Farm Progress America, July 23, 2021

Jul 23, 2021

Max Armstrong offers an in-depth look at the U.S. dairy industry and its impact on the economy

This Week in Agribusiness

This Week in Agribusiness, July 24, 2021

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2021 Farm Progress Show A-to-Z Show Guide

Farm Service Agency Administrator talks programs

Jul 23, 2021