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Today’s agriculture headlines and expert perspectives serving farmers, ranchers, crop consultants, livestock nutritionists and the entire U.S. ag community.
2016 was a year of bold predictions, with many “experts” predicting the wrong outcome. So, what did we learn and now can it be applied to 2017? Tommy Grisafi and Craig VanDyke discuss in Markets Now.
Dull’s Christmas Tree Farm in Boone Co., Ind. is anything but dull. For three decades, the owners have worked to create an experience that glistens throughout the holiday season.
This 1989 John Deere 4055 sold on Dec. 19, 2016.
Our spread analysis and market fundamentals hint at higher prices to come.
Do you ever wonder what the stories behind some of your favorite Christmas songs are? Ace Collins uncovers some interesting tales on AgriTalk.
Dealers like Sloan Implement see a push for late-model used equipment toward the end of the year. In Central Illinois, it’s rolling combines each year that’s the current hot trend.
Farmers Business Network (FBN), a data-sharing company with roots in Silicon Valley, announced new services as about 1,000 of its farmer-members and a few others gathered in Omaha this week.
For coffee farmers there’s a direct connection between better technology and better lives.
This sold at a central Ohio farm auction Wednesday
The bigger question is what the Fed will do in 2017, and how that will impact the markets, policymakers and ordinary investors under a Trump administration.
Family farm businesses face unique challenges. As a result, 90% of family businesses don’t survive past the third generation, says Dick Wittman, president of Wittman Consulting and a farmer in Culdesac, Idaho.
This is the 2 millionth tractor off the line in Waterloo, Iowa.
Nitrogen prices were higher across the board this week, but gains were fairly mild and we are willing to let time tell us if prices will retreat near-term.
Here are 10 best practices for transitioning management to the next generation, according to Danny Klinefelter, Texas A&M University professor and Extension economist.
This combine sold at a northwest Illinois farm auction yesterday, Dec. 1, 2016.
A historic arrangement has been reached between OPEC and some non-OPEC nations to trim crude oil output... but will it stick?
Read about ideas farmers have designed to make their jobs easier
Soybeans saw a bullish run leading up to the Thanksgiving holiday, but can it last? U.S. Farm Report analysts suggest farmers should sell into these rallies.
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Here’s video of the utility vehicle selling on Tuesday.
How can you prepare your successor and step down from being the manager? Klinefelter says families should follow these steps.
We occasionally get calls from farmers who follow one of the market advisers we report asking their results are so different. One answer lies in our methodology--how we treat basis, storage costs and the like (click on our Methodology button to review what we do).
Seasonals and our spread analysis suggest farm diesel will build on this wee’s declines through the coming weeks.