AgDay

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University of Illinois researchers identified the mutation causing Contractural Arachnodactyly (CA-formerly Fawn Calf Syndrome), a genetic abnormality affecting Angus and Angus-derived cattle.

Tour results from Iowa.

Winds reaching 70 mph knocked over three barns being renovated Wednesday at the state’s largest egg farm, killing two workers, authorities said.Two construction workers who were laying concrete blocks at Ohio Fresh Eggs were killed in one of the barns, said Bill Schwaderer, a spokesman for the Ohio Department of Agriculture. Three other workers escaped with minor injuries.

With the last few years of high corn prices, continuous corn rotations are becoming more common. But, using a corn-on-corn system brings a new level of challenges.

TwinLine™ fungicide and Caramba™ fungicide provide unsurpassed activity on major cereal diseases

The four finalists for the 2008 Ag-Chem Operator of the Year program have been chosen.

There’s a new way of talking tractors at John Deere.