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10 semi-finalists announced in Ag Innovation Challenge
National business competition is focused on rural entrepreneurs launching food and agriculture businesses. The 10 semi-finalist teams in the 2020 Farm Bureau Ag Innovation Challenge have been...
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Congressional staffers visit Maryland farm
Soil health was focus of visit to Harborview Farms U.S. Senate and House Agriculture Committee staff learned more about soil health management practices at a Harborview Farms field day.“This field day...
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Sharing seeds critical to global food system
Making seeds to withstand climate change Is getting harder. By Virginia GewinGlobal hunger and malnutrition are on the rise, as are temperatures and water shortages. Humanity must adapt crops to the...
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USDA crop progress: Corn harvest still going
Soybean harvest inches closer to completion. Monday’s crop progress report from USDA was yet another reminder that little has gone as planned in 2019.“Today’s report was originally scheduled to be the...
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USDA rules on hemp pose challenges for growers
Oregon senators and farmers across the country are asking for changes to draft hemp regulations announced by USDA in October. In late October, USDA released draft rules for testing the hallucinogen...
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Farm Progress America, November 26, 2019
Max Armstrong shares more insight on those White House turkeys, including an important fact about how they were raised Max Armstrong offers more information about the turkeys headed to the White House...
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MORNING Midwest Digest, Nov. 26, 2019
Max Armstrong talks about Thanksgiving travel, snow storms, carcass sale disclosures, Goshen Health lawsuit and gold coins in kettles. Are you traveling for the Thanksgiving holiday? More than 55...
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Company announces new flow meter registers
McCrometer Inc., adds new feature to product suite McCrometer, Inc., a globally recognized flow meter manufacturer, recently announced the newest feature to their agriculture product suite:...
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MIDDAY Midwest Digest, Nov. 26, 2019
Max Armstrong talks about the trucking industry, trade talks and trade impacts with China, and what may, or may not, have been a food at the first Thanksgiving. The trucking industry isn't doing so...
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9 steps to protect yourself from chronic wasting disease in deer
According to the CDC, no CWD infections have been reported in people. The detection of chronic wasting disease in wild deer this year has some deer hunters wondering whether they should continue with...
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Winter used to be my favorite season
Life Is Simple: These last two or three winters have become a lot less enjoyable. We live in an area of the country where, in most years, there are four distinct seasons. Call me crazy, but up until...
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Mow in style, no matter what size the job
What's New From the Shows: From large field-scale mowers to lawn mowers, these tools are ready for work. Maybe your rotary mower has seen better days. Or maybe you need a dependable mower to keep...
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Program helps make startups real
The AgXtend program at CNH Industrial is partnering with promising new tools to help them come to market. The startup world is full of its share of incubators. Those are groups of fledgling companies...
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Farm Progress America, November 27, 2019
Max Armstrong looks at an annual study that's opening opportunities for farmers to talk to consumers Max Armstrong shares news of the annual Farm Bureau survey of the cost of a Thanksgiving meal,...
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Trump says China deal in 'final throes'
The process is going 'very well' though he told one broadcaster he was holding up the deal to ensure better terms President Donald Trump declared Tuesday that talks with China on the first phase of a...
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MORNING-Midwest Digest, November 27, 2019
Max Armstrong talks weather, a fighter-jet protest, an interesting Thanksgiving tradition and food safety Max Armstrong opens with a look at the intensity of the pre-Thanksgiving storm hitting the...
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Texas grower converts hay baler into cotton baler
Heath Kimbrell uses his basket stripper and hay-baler to create a continuous cotton-harvesting system. Sunray, Texas, cotton grower Heath Kimbrell is using a modified hay baler, along with his John...
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MIDDAY-Midwest Digest, November 27, 2019
Max Armstrong shares insight on weather, what states people are leaving and a soft hemp auction Max Armstrong talks weather with a high-wind, snow filled storm tracking across the country. He shares...
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Squaring up harvest
Heath Kimbrell uses his hay baler to produce 4x4x8 square cotton bales. In addition to modules, Heath Kimbrell is turning out square cotton bales on his Sunray, Texas, farm using a continuous...
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Farm Progress America, November 28, 2019
Max Armstrong looks at the concept of National Farm-City Week, a celebration often held during this holiday time Max Armstrong offers news that the week of Thanksgiving has traditionally been National...
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