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Louisiana Starts Program to Honor Longtime Family Farms
Louisiana is starting a program to honor farms, ranches and tree farms that have been in the same family for at least 100 years.
November 15, 2020 02:55 PM
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After last weekend's high winds and rain that was measured in feet, followed by this week's rising rivers and standing water in fields, early farm reports are confirming pre-storm worries about losses to tobacco, cotton and corn crops.
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Carolina Farms Could Face Billions in Losses
Damage assessments to agriculture are starting to emerge from North Carolina and South Carolina. Ag losses could swell into the billions of dollars.
November 15, 2020 02:54 PM
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Some Ohio farmers won’t plant crops at all because of rain
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — The constant rains this spring are forcing some Ohio farmers to give up hopes of planting any corn this spring and won
November 15, 2020 01:40 PM
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Could Hemp Dominate Pennsylvania fields?
Advocates: Hemp could again dominate Pennsylvania fields
November 15, 2020 01:03 PM
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Indiana Farmer Plants Princess Leia-themed Corn Maze
A corn maze tribute to Star Wars’ leading lady.
November 15, 2020 01:03 PM
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Strong Winds at Bad Time Diminish Nebraska Corn Crop
Strong winds at bad time diminish Nebraska corn crop
November 15, 2020 01:03 PM
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North Dakota Soybean, Corn, Sugar Beet, Pea Crop Record-size
The sugar beet harvest in North Dakota is expected to be up 11 percent this year.
November 15, 2020 01:03 PM
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Vintage Farm Equipment Harvest Corn, Memories in Nebraska
The tractor coughed but didn’t catch, so the old farmer on the ground yelled up to the old farmer behind the wheel. “The black button,” Don Magee said. “You push it in.”
November 15, 2020 01:02 PM
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Harvest Winds Down For Illinois Farmers
Illinois farmers are winding down the harvest, with 97 percent of the state’s corn crop having been brought in as of last week.
November 15, 2020 01:02 PM
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Kansas Man Suffers Electrical Shock in Harvest Accident
After cutting a soybean field, an auger boom that would have transferred the soybeans into a semi came in contact with power lines.
November 15, 2020 01:01 PM
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