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BMP Boost
Irrigators across much of the U.S. have moved to center-pivot sprinkler irrigation during the past 25 years, but corn and soybean growers in the Mississippi Delta have found that tweaking surface irrigation with a trio of best-management practices (BMP) allows them a...
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Regulation Block
USDA has officially ended a rule on organic livestock and poultry practices that the Obama administration sought to implement at the end of the administration's tenure in 2017.
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Timing Is Everything
Del Unger's biggest concern with this year's corn crop is the timing. Because it was planted in a 12-day window, "We're either really, really right, or really, really wrong this year," says Unger, who with his son, Lance, farms near Carlisle, Indiana.
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Massive Slaughter
Reports coming out of New Zealand point to a potentially large increase in beef supplies from the small country, due to a nationwide attempt to eliminate Mycoplasma bovis from all beef and dairy herds.
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Tough Days Career Becomes Real
Sara Shepherd is a sixth-generation farmer who really had no intention of becoming a farmer. Though she grew up on the family farm near Stuart, Iowa, and was heavily involved in 4-H as a child, the thought of being a farmer herself was never really on her radar. "I went...
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Adjust And Adapt As Needed
Ethan Zoerb and his dad, Dale, are trying some triple-row soybeans this year, not that it was in their plan. They are cutting back on inputs on another field, definitely not part of a plan designed to maximize yields. Neither was cultivating out volunteer corn in second-year...
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Measure of Success
Imagine the America of the 1870s. The Civil War has ended. The first light bulb is about to flicker to life. And blue jeans are invented. Made of 100% cotton, they are designed for the harsh conditions of California's Gold Rush fields. They are as welcome as a gold strike.
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