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| | | Starter fertilizer, applied in-furrow and/or 2" to the side and 2" below the seed (2x2), could be the ticket to higher yields. Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie dives deeper into the subject in this week’s Boots in the Field report. Read More | |
| | | Use this 30-day checklist as a framework for onboarding success. Read More | |
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| | | Farmers in North Dakota are furiously fighting Mother Nature this week, hurrying to harvest acres that never got harvested in 2019. Slight changes by RMA could work in the favor of farmers facing another difficult year. Read More | |
| | | The U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef and the STAR program developed in Illinois are two examples of how agriculture is raising the bar on measuring sustainability. Read More | |
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| | | While Dan Hueber cannot say for certain if Covid-19 is officially the first Black Swan of the 21st century, but it is looking more and more so that way. Here is his take on the markets. Read More | |
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| | | If ASF is discovered, the Secretary of Agriculture would declare an “extraordinary emergency” establishing USDA as the leader of a coordinated national approach to control and eradicate while ensuring the availability of funding and additional resources necessary for the response. Read More | |
| | | To those of you that have said it's time to quit, retire or give the reigns over to younger producers, I just want to THANK YOU for all the many years of dedication to agriculture. I know when I started 48 years ago, I was not promised the journey would be easy. I'm sure you have endured both the good and the bad, but I'm guessing you're glad you had the chance to be a farmer. You have been an asset to your family and community. It's amazing to me that a long career can easily be forgotten (by others) once you are no longer involved in an active role. Too each and everyone of you that have chosen to leave your position as an active producer, let me say that you are appreciated! May you and your family be blessed by God as you experience new opportunities! Thank you for being part of the agricultural story! Read More | |
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