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As crude oil futures have firmed, we must consider the impact of this potentially bullish fundamental shift.
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Get ahead of potentially higher fertilizer prices at harvest and book a portion of fall nutrient at current prices.
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Whether leading a gaggle of employees or interacting with on-farm family members, you can improve management through these time-tested listening strategies, courtesy of “Listen Up”.
Interest rates on commodity loans disbursed in September will carry an interest rate of 1.375%, up from 1.250% in August, according to USDA’s Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC).
The Jackson County Cattlemen’s Association hosted their annual tour on August 13, 2015. This year’s tour went to two farms and the local research station.
Drainage ditch splits a level 100 acres in half.
Trade above $8.89 1/2 for the November soybean contract would be a bullish sign. A breach of that level would likely be a sign a Level 3 cycle trend is up into a peak due two weeks from now.
Combines are starting to roll in the South, and after an early and record fast start to corn planting, the wave of harvest will quickly be heading north.
The key to successful unemotional used equipment buying and selling is to know current values.
How do you deal with the repetitiveness of farm work?
Three ways to boost dead batteries and get machinery back in operation.
Glenn Miller gave up an impressive music career to join the military and play for U.S. servicemen and women.
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Day 4 observations from the eastern leg of the Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour.
Official results from the Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour.
Official results from the Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour.
Western Tour consultant Terry Johnston sums up the condition of the western Iowa corn and soybean crops.
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Center pivot irrigation and large grain handling facility added to the farm’s value.
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The pilot of a crop-dusting plane has been airlifted to an Indianapolis hospital after authorities say his aircraft clipped a power line and crashed into a corn field.
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A coalition of farm and international development organizations and agriculture-related foundations sent a letter today to congressional committees calling for a coordinated approach from the federal government to meeting global food security needs.
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You may love tractors, but Machinery Pete lives and breathes them.
1,280 acres of irrigated cropland sells in three tracts.
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