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The week in review
December 6, 2019 The Brazilian Real has dropped to new lows versus the U.S. dollar in recent sessions. This has helped Brazil stay competitive in the soybean market. Even with the currency making new lows, U.S. more »» 
It's Friday
November 26, 2019 It's Rick Friday's cartoon submission for Friday, Nov. 22, 2019. more »»
Farm and Food File
November 26, 2019 Mother Nature turned a colorful, late fall into a bitterly cold, early winter as if to prove-after a planting, growing, and harvest season marked by floods, drought, and mud-that she’s still in... more »»
What little difference a century can make
November 26, 2019 Postscript from the Previous Columns: I was most impressed by the quality and sophistication that the editors of Successful Farming and Farm Journal magazines put into their periodicals nearly a... more »»
County Agent Guy
November 26, 2019 I was driving to town recently and about a mile east of our farm I saw a wild turkey — the bird kind, not the bottled kind - at the edge of the gravel roa. more »»
Midwest Marketing Solutions
November 26, 2019 MFP’s authorized The Trump Administration has authorized the second tranche of Market Facilitation Program payments, which will be made later this month or in early December. more »»
Weekly market review
November 26, 2019 Fall out from gravity and the lack of confirmation on the phase one trade deal with China negatively affected grains recently, with the soybean complex leading the way. more »»
Crop insurance prices and harvest reminders
November 20, 2019 The final harvest crop insurance prices for the 2019 crops are $3.90 per bushel for corn and $9.25 per bushel for soybeans, respectively. more »»
Farm and Food File
November 20, 2019 Several years ago, when Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Tom Friedman was asked to choose which rising Asian nation, China or India, he’d bet the farm on, Friedman didn’t hesitate to pick India. more »»
What little difference a century can make
November 20, 2019 Part 3 of 3 I shared that both of the October 1928 issues of Successful Farming and Farm Journal magazines had ads enticing U.S. more »»
Midwest Marketing Solutions
November 20, 2019 Labeling on plant-based meat addressed Bipartisan legislation has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives regarding the labeling on plant-based meat. more »»
Weekly review
November 20, 2019 Reports are the signing of an interim trade deal could be delayed until December, due to continued discussion over terms and a new location to meet since the APEC Summit was cancelle. more »» 
County Agent Guy
November 20, 2019 Like many kids, I dreamed of flying. And like most kids, I longed to do things without interference from pesky authorities such as parents or the Federal Aviation Administration. more »»
Crop watch
November 20, 2019 Remember when most of the weather doomsayers were predicting climates that were headed to hotter and drier in scope? Things seem to have changed, but it has been to being cooler and wetter. more »»
Midwest Marketing Solutions
November 6, 2019 CFTC may revise rules According to Bloomberg, The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is considering overhauling rules that limit how futures brokers can invest the collateral clients post for... more »»
The week in review
November 6, 2019 Weather conditions continue to be a frustration to producers as harvest moves alon. more »»
County Agent Guy
November 6, 2019 Most of us Nelson siblings have a birthmark. Mine is a pea-sized, perfectly circular, scarlet dot on the inside arch of my right foot. more »»
Crop watch
November 6, 2019 October is whizzing by very quickly as decent harvest conditions arrive at very sporadic intervals. more »» |
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