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  • Dana Kirk (center) manages a methane digester for Michigan State University that generates electricity and also uses food waste from the campus. Kirk notes there is more profitability now in producing natural gas rather than electricity because of the lucrative renewable NG credits, Image provided by DTN

    Digester Investment Growing

    Methane digesters are the newest growth wave in renewable energy for agriculture.

  • BusinessLink

    Jason Henderson, associate dean of Purdue University's College of Agriculture and director of Purdue Extension, says he thinks the current economic environment is signaling that it's time to focus on value-added products.

  • Corn leaves that look as though they’ve traveled down a freshly oiled country road may be exhibiting a disease called tar spot, Image by Martin Chilvers, Michigan State University

    Quit Seeing Spots

    Tar spot on corn may have arrived in the U.S. in 2015, but 2018 will go down as the disease's first year in the major leagues.

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    Ask the Mechanic

    Q: I have a Kubota M125X that is the sweetest running engine we have had around our farm in many years. It is a 5-cylinder, and I understand that it was not able to reach the latest Tier emission standards. However, it meets the "good" standards around our farm.

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    Ask The Vet

    Q: Most years, we end up raising at least one orphan calf. Most have done OK, but some have gotten sick, and we have lost some. Do you have suggestions for managing them?

  • Bring On Twenty-Nineteen

    Bring On Twenty-Nineteen

    I started the year with a serious case of carbon monoxide poisoning as a result of washing a hog barn. Then, I spent my summer in treatment for cervical cancer. This fall, my husband and I decided it was time to exit hog production before we reached red ink. We finally...

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    Pay Perspectives

    We are in the midst of a talent struggle in agriculture. With the national unemployment rate at an all-time low, we are not the only industry that's facing challenges finding and attracting top-quality candidates. More than three-quarters of hiring managers and recruiters...