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| | | The 60 Minutes report on antibiotic use in pig farms was full of inaccuracies, driven by emotion, motivated by an underlying agenda and interestingly timed with Impossible Foods’ announcement of a pork and sausage alternative. Read More | |
| | | The Phase One trade agreement with China comes with a big promise to purchase close to $40 billion worth of U.S. agricultural products over the next two years. Does this mean the trade war is over? Economists weigh in. Read More | |
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| | | Wet weather brought a myriad of problems in 2019. Aside from planting and harvest delays, it helped spread diseases, many of which could show up again in 2020. Read More | |
| | | There are so many distractions on a day-to-day basis, and strategy is about one of the most quiet of areas of management, it doesn’t scream at you like your culture and people will. Mark Faust gives tips for staying on top of it. Read More | |
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| | | Hay tainted by a toxic beetle is blamed for the deaths of at least 13 horses and illnesses to dozens of others on a Wisconsin ranch. Read More | |
| ADVERTISEMENT | | | At Farm Journal Legacy Conference, you'll have the chance to spend a day with the nation's leading experts in succession planning. Combined, this speaker line up has more than 100 years of experience helping farmers with the tough decisions and questions. Join them in Chicago Jan. 28 and use the time as a catalyst to start (or continue) the succession planning process. | |
| | | When you start a new endeavor, one of the best ways to learn how to succeed often comes from other people—those individuals who are willing to share their knowledge, resources and first-hand experiences with you. Read More | |
| | | Finished our corn last week. Very disappointed in the yields. Lucky if it made 90 bu to the acre. It just never warmed up when we needed the heat last summer. Test weight was 52 to 53 and 19 to 22% moisture. Same variety did 185 bu acre last year. There are still thousands of acres of corn in the fields around here. Read More | |
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