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• USDA Announces Conservation Reserve Program Sign-Up
  
  05/20/2013
  Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack today reminded farmers and ranchers that the USDA will conduct a four-week Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) general sign-up.
• Bomb Worries Put Brakes on Indiana Fertilizer Plant
  
  05/20/2013
  A Pentagon task force has focused on Pakistan-based Fatima Group’s production of an ingredient in bombs used against some U.S. soldiers.
• Late Spring, Record-Low Stocks Threaten Hay Supplies
  
  05/20/2013
  Record-low hay acreage and a delayed growing season are creating concern about how high alfalfa prices will need to climb to ration supplies.
• Bipartisan U.S. House Group Produces Tentative Immigration Plan
  
  05/17/2013
  With ‘an agreement in principle,’ House lawmakers will begin drafting legislation to be introduced in early June. But hurdles remain.
• Wheat Heading for Biggest Weekly Drop Since March on Output Gain
  
  05/17/2013
  Wheat slid, heading for the biggest weekly drop since March, on signs that global production will rise to a record as exports lag behind last year’s pace in the U.S., the world’s top shipper. Corn rose, while soybeans fell.
• Markets Focus on Rapid Planting Pace
  
  05/17/2013
  Heading into this week, corn planting was running at its slowest pace in nearly 30 years. That all changed as the week progressed.
• Power Hour: Farm Debt on the Increase
  
  05/17/2013
  This year appears to be a sanguine one for farm finances, with high projected farm incomes in 2013 projected to keep U.S. farm debt and leverage low.
• First-Ever U.S. Precision Dairy Conference and Expo
  
  05/17/2013
  The program includes a one-day tour of top farms and a two-day agenda packed with the latest research and industry information.
• New Exacta™ One-Step CIP Detergent
  
  05/17/2013
  Exacta™, a highly concentrated, non-foaming acid detergent formulated to clean an entire milking system in a single wash cycle.
• Sell Land to Build Up Savings?
  
  05/17/2013
  Farmers are typically in search of farmland to buy, but Farm Journal Economist Bob Utterback thinks maybe farmers should also consider selling.

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