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EPA awards $7.5 million to fund water quality projects
Grants focus on farmer-driven efforts to improve water quality in Gulf of Mexico watershed The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency anticipates awarding seven Gulf of Mexico Division cooperative...
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Is the food system breaking the planet?
2019 has brought floods, drought, a Green New Deal and a Rural Green Partnership. Here’s what it all means to agriculture. If you have eyes or ears, there’s a good chance you’re aware of last spring’s...
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Equipment sales slump
U.S. 4-wheel-drive tractor sales decreased 4.7% in July compared to last year and U.S. July self-propelled combines decreased 25.9% Sales of self-propelled combines, 4-wheel-drive tractors and total...
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Follow these directions to FPS19
The Farm Progress Show is coming up, Aug. 27-29 in Decatur, Ill. Farm Progress Show management and state and local officials have designed traffic routes to the show near Decatur, Ill., that should...
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U of I Tent: More than meets the ‘I’
Look for the orange and blue at the Farm Progress Show, and learn what the U of I College of ACES has to offer. If you come in the main gate at the 2019 Farm Progress Show, turn right, and see orange...
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Western Illinois farmers eligible to graze CRP
Farmers in seven counties can apply with FSA to graze Conservation Reserve Program land until Sept. 30. USDA’s Illinois office for the Farm Service Agency recently came to the aid of western Illinois...
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2 Texans get USDA appointments
Brandon Lipps and Pam Miller sworn in to USDA positions Brandon Lipps has been sworn in as Deputy Under Secretary of the Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services and Pam Miller has been sworn in as...
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Recognize value in monitoring same spots in field
Corn Watch: Modern technology makes it possible to return to the same spots throughout the season to see how a crop is progressing. Finding the same spot where you’ve been before in a cornfield is a...
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Simplifying vegetable plant breeding with RateRvAr
Developed at Cornell, the open-source software can help streamline breeding decisions. By Melanie LefkowitzBroccoli is in the eye of the beholder.A head of broccoli that might appeal to one person —...
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Beef lags behind chicken in U.S. per capita meat consumption
Per capita meat consumption in 2020 may surpass 1960 record. USDA forecasts that U.S. per capita meat consumption in 2020 may reach 220.9 pounds, the highest since 1960. There is, however, quite a...
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USDA crop progress: Corn quality slips a point
Analysts had expected steady week-over-week quality; soybeans also down a point Analysts expected USDA to keep corn and soybean quality ratings unchanged for the week ending August 18. But the...
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Follow kernel development all the way to harvest
Corn Illustrated: Understanding kernel development is key in a late planting year. This year, many cornfields in the Midwest will be in the grain-fill stage all the way into October. Hence, it’s...
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Administration officials prepare for trade negotiations
Trade war predicted to lower world GDP President Donald Trump has pushed trade into the daily headlines. Here’s some of the latest trade news we’re seeing.According to a report by Bloomberg Economics’...
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Dicamba brings in record number of complaints
The Illinois Department of Agriculture has recorded over 100 more dicamba-related complaints than in 2018, and it’s not done counting. With 455 dicamba-related pesticide complaints submitted to the...
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Roadway changes near Farm Progress Show increase safety
Visitors to the 2019 Decatur, Ill., show arriving from the west and north will stay on Route 48 for a half-mile longer, taking pressure off the interstate. When it comes to moving slow-going traffic...
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Corteva takes tents to whole new level at FPS
The Corteva Agriscience exhibit showcases the Farm Progress Show “tent of the future.” The Farm Progress Show is coming up Aug. 27-29 in Decatur, Ill. Even if you can’t get to the part of the exhibit...
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Max Armstrong talks about animal welfare, an animal incident, bears, crop conditions and a retiring baseball announcer. One presidential candidate is campaigning about animal welfare.Detroit residents...
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3 options to help prevent illness when preparing poultry
Help prevent food-borne illness by washing your hands for 20 seconds after handling raw meat A USDA study reveals that individuals are putting themselves at risk of illness when they wash or rinse raw...
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Toy tractors ready to pull
The National Micro-Mini Tractor Pullers Association will hold a pull each day of the Farm Progress Show. Farmers are famous for collecting toy tractors, but adding a motor and pulling a sled — just...
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Field demos are on for FPS19
Farm Progress Show manager says field demos are a go for #FPS19, harvesting 77-day corn planted May 17. Farm Progress Show host farmers are planning a wet harvest ahead of field demonstrations...
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