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USDA provides $100M for food supply chain financing
Loan guaranteed initiative focuses on the middle of the food supply chain to benefit producers and consumers. The pandemic exposed a number of weaknesses in the food supply chain, including a lack of...
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Farm Progress America, October 5, 2021
Max Armstrong offers insight on workforce development underway in agriculture Max Armstrong continues his conversation of labor issues in agriculture. The conversation came up in a recent panel Max...
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Oklahoma fall roundup
Auction prices for feeder cattle in Oklahoma are dropping fast due to seasonal pressure and poor forage conditions. Welcome rains fell across much of Oklahoma late last week with most areas receiving...
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Beef up your momma cows
Feed pregnant cows right with a balanced ration to get calves with more muscle mass. Picture this: At least 30 days post-breeding, you schedule time for pregnancy checking cows. You make it through...
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Congress wants input in trade tariff use
Bipartisan legislation reintroduced in Senate to restore authority over “national security” tariffs. Trade disputes during the Trump era saw the resurrection of “national security” tariffs such as...
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Farm Progress America, October 6, 2021
Max Armstrong reports on an automated system part of a new Minnesota elevator Max Armstrong shares insight on a totally automated elevator in Herman, Minn. The system will allow farmers to bring in...
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U.S. cattle market report published for Congress, USDA
“It is abundantly apparent the U.S. cattle and beef industry represents one the most complex set of markets in existence today." An extensive report on the U.S. cattle market, including information on...
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USDA announces higher guaranteed farm loan limit
COVID-19 Disaster Set-Aside availability extended for farmers until 2022. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a higher loan limit will be available for borrowers seeking a guaranteed farm...
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Farm Progress America, October 7, 2021
Max Armstrong offers insight on new product development in agriculture. Max Armstrong shares what editors of what Farm Progress editors found at the Farm Progress Show and Husker Harvest Days. Tom...
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7 ag stories you might have missed
Ransomware attack on TractorHouse, supreme champion Holstein and an important win for Roundup. Missed some agricultural news this week? Here are seven stories to catch you up.TractorHouse victim of...
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Farm Progress America, October 8, 2021
Max Armstrong looks at one aspect of succession planning not always considered - divorce Max Armstrong shares insight on one aspect of succession planning that many farmers don't always consider –...
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Senate confirms USDA undersecretary for rural development
Former New Mexico Rep. Xochitl Torres Small confirmed by full Senate. In action Friday, the full Senate confirmed former Rep. Xochitl Torres Small to be the USDA undersecretary for rural development....
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Examine your marketing routine
Are you stuck doing the same thing repeatedly and not open to new approaches? Examining your cattle marketing approach can raise your profit Years ago I got in the habit of putting on my right boot...
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FFA Tribute: Abigail Stuckwisch
The FFA Chapter Tribute goes to Abigail Stuckwisch, Indiana State Southern Region vice president. She is looking forward to growing with more members during the year. Abigail grew up on a farm and...
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This Week in Agribusiness, Oct. 9, 2021
Inflation, feed costs, farmer concerns and fungicide ROI and farm lending are topics covered this week. National Corn Growers Association named new leadership, and new president Chris Edgington talks...
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Vilsack working with FDA on animal biotechnology
Bipartisan letter also calls on USDA and FDA leadership to find workable regulatory framework. Despite the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on animal biotechnology at the end of the Trump...
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Farm Progress America, October 11, 2021
Max Armstrong offers a report on key factors influencing grain markets as harvest rolls on Max Armstrong shares that in the heat of harvest, farmers can't take their eye off the markets. Max offer...
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South Korea is closing on and may surpass Japan in the next few months as the largest U.S. beef export market. In the latest livestock trade data, August beef exports were up 21.3 percent year over...
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Biden puts millions of acres back under federal control
President Biden restores over 1 million acres back into national monuments instead of working with local leaders. Undoing actions taken under the Trump administration, with the stroke of a pen Oct. 8,...
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New EPA ag adviser long-time advocate for agriculture
Field to Market President Rod Snyder named new agriculture adviser to educate EPA on matters impacting ag industry. Rod Snyder, president of Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture,...
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