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Wrapping up 2020 harvest, mostly
Farm Progress PANEL offers quick snapshot of #harvest20 as most farmers are nearly ready to park the combine Last week most eyes were on the election, so we though we'd ask a question on the Farm...
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Meat, grain industries comment on trade barriers
USMEF and USGC detail many obstacles hindering U.S. agricultural exports. The U.S. Grains Council (USGC) and the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) recently submitted comments to the Office of the...
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Farm Progress America, November 10, 2020
Max Armstrong shares insight from a new CoBank report that offers tactics to help cooperatives for the future Max Armstrong looks at changing fundamentals are changing the business model of the farm...
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Farm Progress America, November 11, 2020
On this Veteran's Day, Max Armstrong shares news of work by USDA to boost veterans in farming Max Armstrong notes that nearly one-fourth of all military veterans live in or come from rural areas. Max...
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Zietsman method selects highly reproductive cows
Select cows based on natural fertility and adjusted inter-calving period. Editor’s note: This article first ran in Beef Producer’s print edition in 2015 but was lost in cyberspace.Johann Zietsman from...
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Farm Progress America, November 12, 2020
Max Armstrong reports on an interesting factor in the U.S. swine feed industry - imports Max Armstrong looks at the global trade business including feed items that come from around the around the...
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Calling out another huckster deal
Here are nine negative effects of fake meat. I have spent most of my adult life in a country that is knock-down gorgeous. Here on the eastern highland rim of middle Tennessee we have beautiful clear...
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Meat suppliers need to do more to contain disease
Fairr analysis deems about three-quarters of the 60 largest publicly traded suppliers of meat, dairy, fish and eggs as high risk. By Agnieszka de SousaSome of the top meat suppliers aren’t doing...
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Farm Progress America, November 13, 2020
Max Armstrong offers a look at agritourism through a report on three businesses around the country Max Armstrong reports on the agritourism season, which often ends at Halloween, but not for all. Max...
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The why of market rallies doesn’t matter
Price relationships, timing and margins is where the money is made. I better begin this week with some housekeeping: I wrote last week about the value of stockmanship and forgot to include a link for...
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Think about more than the calf market
Cow-calf profits depend on your cost structure and productivity as well as your calf prices. As a cow-calf producer, you have more important issues to tackle than worrying about whether your calves...
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This Week in Agribusiness, November 14, 2020
Max Armstrong and Mike Pearson talk turkey about, well, turkey. Thoughts are turning to the upcoming Biden administration. Chad Colby looks at new drones. Part 1Note: The video automatically plays...
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Farm Progress America, November 16, 2020
Max Armstrong reports on technology that can help take care of weeds during harvest Max Armstrong shares a look at seed terminator technology. The concept, which was developed in Australia, attaches...
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McDonald's plant-based burger no winner on the farm
Farm Progress PANEL shows that when it comes to your burger, meat belongs there, or else Perhaps at Farm Progress we knew the answer to the question But it was worth asking and in our PANEL question...
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Beef demand decent, with bumps
Marketing economist says restaurant trade still suffering and winter will bring challenges. By many measures, beef demand has remained remarkably strong since the pandemic started in March but with...
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Tyson reports fiscal 2020 results
Company anticipates beef and pork segments will remain strong in 2021. Tyson Foods reported its fourth quarter and fiscal 2020 results on Nov. 16.Fiscal 2020 highlights:Generally Accepted Accounting...
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Farm Progress America, November 17, 2020
Max Armstrong shares insight on a benefit of cover crop use getting more attention – weed control Max Armstrong looks at the rising use of cover crops and what farmers are learning about this...
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Farm Progress America, November 18, 2020
Max Armstrong shares insight on insurance issues farmers should consider Max Armstrong digs into a topic that sometimes gets little attention – insurance on the farm. Max shares insight from a...
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The problem is the things we know that just ain’t so
The way we think forms the world we live in. Change your brain to change your life. There’s an old saying that is critical to an accurate understanding of life: “It ain’t what you don’t know that gets...
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Farm Progress America, November 19, 2020
Max Armstrong shares news of a new breeding trend – short-stature corn Max Armstrong reports on corn breeding work focusing on short stature corn. Max shares work at Bayer on short-stature corn which...
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