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Buyers’ market continues for used farm machinery
Buyers’ market continues for used farm machinery brownfieldagnews.com
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USDA lowers its still record-high soybean forecast
USDA lowers its still record-high soybean forecast BakingBusiness.com
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Breakfast helps you perform better
Studies show that students who eat breakfast perform better in school. Jessica Kassel, a registered dietitian with the St. Louis Dairy Council, says dairy foods are perfect for that. AUDIO: Healthy Living on dairy and breakfast The post Breakfast helps you perform better appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.
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Financial planning key to navigating tough economy
Mallory Dugan, with Farm Credit Services of America discusses current trends in the ag economy. She explains why it’s important for farmers to sit down and take a look at their finances heading into 2025. Dugan was interviewed at the 2024 Husker Harvest Days, near Grand Island, Nebraska. AUDIO: Mallory Dugan, Farm Credit Services of…
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Technotrade and Briggs & Stratton provide power to agricultural robot built by Cronos
Technotrade and Briggs & Stratton provide power to agricultural robot built by Cronos Robotics and Automation News
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Skid steers are time-saving and efficient machines, but they can also be very dangerous
Skid steers are time-saving and efficient machines, but they can also be very dangerous Wisconsin State Farmer
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Large-Scale Study Seeks to Unearth Causes of Persistent Symptoms of Lyme Disease
MEDFORD, Mass. — Tufts University researchers have received a $20.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to try to answer some of the most vexing questions around chronic Lyme disease. The collaborative team will lead the largest NIH-funded prospective study to date, following patients from their earliest diagnosis of Lyme disease in…
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Field trials for short stature corn showing promise
An agronomist with Bayer says field trials for its short-statures corn hybrids have been encouraging. Shawn McDonald says Bayer’s Preceon variety is only about 7 feet tall with 24-to-28-inch ear heights. “What we’ve seen with that in some field testing so far is significant reductions in green snap risk, he says. “When we look at a place like…
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Brandt rep highlights farm machinery market trends, importance of tillage practices
Tom Hadley, a product specialist for grain carts with Brandt, discusses the company’s demonstration of a high speed disc used for row cleaning. He also talks about the importance of tillage practices and current trends in the ag equipment market. Brownfield interviewed Hadley during the 2024 Husker Harvest Days, near Grand Island, Nebraska. AUDIO: Tom…
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Potential ag impacts of election outcome
There are questions about how the outcome of the presidential election might impact ag policy. Compeer Financial vice president of legislative affairs Perry Aasness says regulations are always top-of-mind for farmers. “What is the regulatory climate going to be to allow agriculture to prosper? So I think those are things to watch for.” He tells…
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Farmer Finds Lost Treasure, Solves WW2 Mystery
Farmer Finds Lost Treasure, Solves WW2 Mystery Agweb Powered by Farm Journal
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Czech farmers threaten to block border: Reason revealed
Czech farmers threaten to block border: Reason revealed MSN
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Plant Roots Under Drought – No Longer the Hidden Half
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Corn fields are the icebergs of solid ground — there’s more below the surface than meets the eye. That’s why plant root systems are often referred to as the “hidden half” of the plant. Despite the challenges of studying how roots of corn and other plants develop and function underground, the past…
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FMMO Reform: What Could It Mean for Your Future Milk Check?
ONLINE — If you are wondering how proposed changes to the Federal Milk Marketing Order could impact your milk check, or perhaps you have asked yourself, would we be better off without a federal order system altogether? Well, today we are taking an in-depth look at making allowances, component changes, and the logistical and financial…
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2024 showing resilience of cover crop systems
A southern Illinois agronomist says 2024 is showing the resilience of cover crop systems. John Pike, who’s based in Williamson County, says a wet spring was challenging, but patience seems to have paid off. “The best planting conditions that I had was into my cover crops that were not terminated early.” He says, “Where I…
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Parched Fields Threaten Wheat Plantings in Key Black Sea Region
Parched Fields Threaten Wheat Plantings in Key Black Sea Region Yahoo Finance
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Black layer time arrives for 2024
Black layer time arrives for 2024 Farm Progress
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Lack of moisture impacting fall crops in western Kansas
A western Kansas farmer says a lack of moisture is impacting the fall crops. Clay Schemm tells Brownfield. “We had right around, I think 1,000 acres of corn get adjusted to between 1.1 and 1.5 bushels to the acre,” he says. According to USDA as of Sunday, 24% of the state’s expected corn crop is…
