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EPA awards $7.5 million to fund water quality projects
Grants focus on farmer-driven efforts to improve water quality in Gulf of Mexico watershed The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency anticipates awarding seven Gulf of Mexico Division cooperative...
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Equipment sales slump
U.S. 4-wheel-drive tractor sales decreased 4.7% in July compared to last year and U.S. July self-propelled combines decreased 25.9% Sales of self-propelled combines, 4-wheel-drive tractors and total...
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Follow these directions to FPS19
The Farm Progress Show is coming up, Aug. 27-29 in Decatur, Ill. Farm Progress Show management and state and local officials have designed traffic routes to the show near Decatur, Ill., that should...
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Farm Progress America, August 19, 2019
Max Armstrong offers a look at a program funded by the Howard G. Buffett Foundation to connect youth to agriculture Max Armstrong shares insight on the work of the Howard G. Buffett Foundation to...
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USDA awards $9.3 million through REAP
Money will be invested to reduce energy costs for rural Americans USDA is awarding grants for projects in all states and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to reduce energy costs for farmers, ag...
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Yield10 and Bayer expand research license
Yield10 Bioscience joins forces with Bayer for evaluation of a Novel C3004 yield trait gene in soybeans Yield10 Bioscience is expanding its non-exclusive research license with Bayer for soybean crop...
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Simplifying vegetable plant breeding with RateRvAr
Developed at Cornell, the open-source software can help streamline breeding decisions. By Melanie LefkowitzBroccoli is in the eye of the beholder.A head of broccoli that might appeal to one person —...
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80% of high school students believe ag science ed is important
Science Matters survey finds lack of awareness of science careers in agriculture A 2019 survey by Bayer in collaboration with the National 4-H Council found that low awareness of career options in...
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Beef lags behind chicken in U.S. per capita meat consumption
Per capita meat consumption in 2020 may surpass 1960 record. USDA forecasts that U.S. per capita meat consumption in 2020 may reach 220.9 pounds, the highest since 1960. There is, however, quite a...
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Follow kernel development all the way to harvest
Corn Illustrated: Understanding kernel development is key in a late planting year. This year, many cornfields in the Midwest will be in the grain-fill stage all the way into October. Hence, it’s...
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Administration officials prepare for trade negotiations
Trade war predicted to lower world GDP President Donald Trump has pushed trade into the daily headlines. Here’s some of the latest trade news we’re seeing.According to a report by Bloomberg Economics’...
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Roadway changes near Farm Progress Show increase safety
Visitors to the 2019 Decatur, Ill., show arriving from the west and north will stay on Route 48 for a half-mile longer, taking pressure off the interstate. When it comes to moving slow-going traffic...
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Corteva takes tents to whole new level at FPS
The Corteva Agriscience exhibit showcases the Farm Progress Show “tent of the future.” The Farm Progress Show is coming up Aug. 27-29 in Decatur, Ill. Even if you can’t get to the part of the exhibit...
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Farm Progress America, August 20, 2019
Max Armstrong shares insight on a new ag-focused movie Max Armstrong offers a look at “Silo” a movie that offers a look at grain bin entrapment. Film maker Sam Goldberg felt he could shed light on a...
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Toy tractors ready to pull
The National Micro-Mini Tractor Pullers Association will hold a pull each day of the Farm Progress Show. Farmers are famous for collecting toy tractors, but adding a motor and pulling a sled — just...
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Field demos are on for FPS19
Farm Progress Show manager says field demos are a go for #FPS19, harvesting 77-day corn planted May 17. Farm Progress Show host farmers are planning a wet harvest ahead of field demonstrations...
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Grain remains No. 1 export from Duluth-Superior port
By tonnage, grain is the No. 4 cargo at the port behind iron ore, coal and limestone. By Jayson HronGrain shipping has long been an important part of the Duluth Port, dating back to 1871 when the...
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MIDDAY Midwest Digest, Aug. 20, 2019
Max Armstrong talks about weather delays, National Radio Day, the Half Century of Progress show, crop conditions and a special pie day. Flights were cancelled at the DeMoines, Iowa, airport due to a...
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Key tips for handling, drying wet grain
If you intend to harvest corn over 24% moisture, these insights can help. Gary Woodruff has seen lots of growing seasons come and go during his career in the agriculture industry. But Woodruff,...
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Are you doing your hemp homework?
Lack of national standard leads to confusion: an arrest in South Dakota and prosecution on hold in Nebraska There’s more interest in hemp than anything he’s ever seen, House Agriculture Committee...
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