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Is it time to order your fall propane?
Propane council encourages producers to plan ahead to ensure adequate drying fuel for fall use With a delayed planting season, the Propane Education & Research Council encourages producers to...
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McDonald's strives too refine, replace and reduce antibiotic use
McDonald's worked with ranchers and veterinarians to develop guidelines for responsible antibiotic use U.S. consumers annually eat about 600 million pounds of beef at McDonald’s. The company released...
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Who needs emotional support goats?
Maybe me, if I continue to lock myself out of the house in flip-flops with cows on the loose. Also, it’s fair week. I had one job: Stay home and take care of the small livestock.John and the kids took...
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Farm Progress America, July 25, 2019
Max Armstrong shares the history of the Half Century of Progress show Max Armstrong is heading to Rantoul soon for the Half Century of Progress event. Max has been involved in the show since 2003, the...
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MORNING Midwest Digest, July 25, 2019
Max Armstrong talks about distracted driving, the Osh Kosh Air Show, Farm Tech Days and the importance of good sound systems. Young people aren't the only distracted drivers.The Osh Kosh Air Show had...
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Details of 2019 Market Facilitation Program released
USDA will begin issuing trade aid in August to crop, livestock producers Updated: Livestock producers, speciality crop growers will receive payments tooProducer payments range from $15 per acre to...
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MIDDAY Midwest Digest, July 25, 2019
Max Armstrong talks about weekend weather, the Big Boy locomotive, trade talks and airshow friendships. While it's felt cooler this week, the Upper Midwest will warm up this weekend.The Big Boy...
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Getting ahead on data entry
Growers share the status of ag tech on their farms. While data entry is far from perfect, they say it pays to get ahead of the curve. Farmers who get behind on ag tech innovation tend to stay...
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Slugs hang around longer than usual due to weather
Soybean Watch: Leaf chewing on young plants may be due to slugs. Steve Gauck wasn’t surprised to find slug feeding as soon as he stepped into the Soybean Watch ’19 field on July 8. Traditionally,...
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5 benefits from planting pollinator plots
Growing Healthy Soil: Certain helpful insects are good for the environment, public perception and your bottom line. What do you know about the value of pollinators or beneficial insects? They’re...
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7 ag stories you might have missed this week - July 26, 2019
Trade aid announced, Farmworker Fair Labor Practices Act passes in New York and the Floatingfarm Need a quick catch up on the news? Here are seven ag stories you might have missed this week. 1. USDA...
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National Crop Insurance Services launches new website
Crop insurance policies protect nine out of every 10 planted acres of principle cropsNational Crop Insurance Services has launched a new website at CropInsurance101.org that aims to be an...
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Mexican craft brewers visit North Dakota, Montana
All of the brewers belong to Cerveceros de Mexico A group of craft brewers from Mexico saw their prime ingredient - barley - in the field for the first time ever during a trade team recently organized...
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Farm Progress America, July 26, 2019
Max Armstrong shares information from the latest UN FAO report on hunger Max Armstrong offers a look at the United Nations Food and Agriculture report that shows the trend in world hunger remained...
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Brazilian court orders Petroleo Brasileiro to refuel Iranian ships
Ships were stranded because Petrobras refused to refuel for fear of U.S. sanctions By Sabrina Valle and Tatiana FreitasA Brazilian top court justice ordered Petroleo Brasileiro SA to refuel two...
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This Week in Agribusiness – July 27, 2019
Max Armstrong and Steve Bridge look at crop progress, get a sense of key market issues and offer a preview of the 2019 Farm Progress Show Note: Start the video and all parts will play through as the...
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ADM, Bunge fortunes change a year into trade war
Analysts cut average annual profit estimates for ADM by 6.2% in the past three months, while lifting Bunge by 1.8% By Mario Parker and Isis AlmeidaThe fortunes of two of the world’s largest...
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China, U.S. negotiators meet amid low expectations
Deep tensions remain and neither side appears ready to compromise By Bloomberg NewsAlmost three months after their trade talks broke down in acrimony, Chinese and American negotiators meet again in...
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Agrisure Duracade approved for use in European Union
The trait from Syngenta gives growers rotational option for corn rootworm management The European Commission has granted Syngenta import approval for the Agrisure Duracade trait (event 5307).The trait...
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USDA crop progress: Corn quality picks up a point
Soybean quality finds subtly scrambled results last week Ahead of the latest USDA crop progress report, out Monday afternoon, analysts had expected the agency to hold steady its corn and soybean crop...
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