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2020 is International Year of Plant Health
4 steps to avoid the devastating impact of invasive pests and diseases on agriculture. The United Nations has declared 2020 as the International Year of Plant Health. They are calling on people,...
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Milk prices headed up for rest of 2020
Dairy Outlook: The Class III price for 2020 may average $1.20 to $1.30 higher than in 2019. Milk prices typically drop in January following the holidays, and this year was no exception, according to...
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Change in IRA rules warrants attention
Congress has significantly altered planning around retirement assets. In late December, Congress passed legislation in conjunction with a massive appropriations bill that significantly changes how...
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Fear of coronavirus pounds markets
Prices slump as death toll rises, infection spreads around the world. By Alfred Cang and Saket SundriaCommodity investors are taking flight as fears deepen that the spread of coronavirus could curtail...
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EU ag ministers stress importance of WTO
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue gets earful from European Union ag ministers while in Brussels. By Jonathan StearnsAgriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue became the latest American official to face...
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Land sales, land prices rise in 2019
The median price per acre of land transactions during October 2018 and September 2019 increased to $5,500, according to 2019 Land Markets Survey. The 2019 Land Markets Survey was recently released by...
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MIDDAY Midwest Digest, Jan. 27, 2020
Max Armstrong talks about stock market portfolios, weather impact on reservoir management, coyote confrontations and farm dogs. Have you checked your stock market portfolio yet? This might be a week...
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Farm Progress America, January 28, 2020
Max Armstrong talks about the American Royal livestock show, and changes coming up.The American Royal, a livestock show staple near the Kansas Stockyards in Kansas City, Mo., has recently acquired...
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International feed tonnage decreases in 2019
Internationally, Alltech survey finds majority of animal feed goes to broilers and pigs. International feed tonnage decreased by 1.07% to 1.126 billion metric tons of feed produced last year, due...
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MORNING Midwest Digest, Jan. 28, 2020
Max Armstrong talks about union workers, student fans in a fight, a poultry industry trade show and target body temperature changes. There are fewer unionized workers, falling to a new record low last...
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Tariffs are contagious
White House will broaden its 2018 tariffs on steel and aluminum to include “derivative” products like nails, wire and auto panels. By Shawn DonnanIf you want to sum up the lesson from the past week in...
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Winning images from Fields-of-Corn Photo Contest
Harlen Persinger from Wisconsin and Tricia Braid of Illinois earn grand prizes in National Corn Growers Association contest. Photographers from Wisconsin and Illinois earned top prizes in this year's...
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Converted wetlands dispute comes to a close
Court resolves a decades old dispute between an Indiana farming family and the United States Department of Agriculture. In 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit resolved a...
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General Mills launches regenerative ag pilot
Goal is to improve soil health, water quality in Cheney Reservoir region. General Mills has launched a regenerative agriculture pilot with farmers in Kansas’ Cheney Reservoir watershed, which provides...
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Sorghum poised to benefit from new phase one China deal
With China agreement to buy more, focus turns to generating supply to meet demand. Early in 2018, Team Sorghum began monitoring a situation largely playing out half a world away. The stakes were...
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Farm Progress America, January 29, 2020
Max Armstrong shares statistics about the Conservation Reserve Program. The CRP signup is happening right now. The program offers a yearly rental payment for volunteer conservation, and offers many...
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Driving sustainable agriculture
Kellogg's will work with farmers and suppliers to phase out desiccation with glyphosate. The Kellogg Company has committed to phasing out the use of glyphosate as a pre-harvest drying agent in its...
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Companies partner on new high-speed planter system
Kinze, Ag Leader launch a new high-speed planter row unit that offers a top speed of 12 mph. In a fast-moving ag world, partnerships can make sense. Planter technology is advancing quickly as farmers...
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MORNING Midwest Digest, Jan. 29, 2020
Max Armstrong talks about 3M layoffs, a mask poll, market stabilization and air crashes. 3M announced layoffs and trimmed future earning projections. They have ramped up production on face masks,...
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New ASF vaccine shows promise
African Swine Fever has been devastating in China and there is no commercially available vaccine against the disease. By Ainslie Chandler and Agnieszka de SousaGovernment and academic experts in the...
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