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Leonidas Youth Wins Grand in Centreville

Receipts from the livestock auction at last week's St. Joseph County Grange Fair totaled $555,252.35. That's down approximately ... Read entire story

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What's Making News


Brenneman Aims High with Cultivate

Attention farmers and produce growers: Grace Brenneman wants the extra protein from your farm. She also needs fruit, vegetables and a lot ... Read entire story

China to Cut Tariffs on U.S. Products

Progressive Farmer's Jake Zajkowski reported that "the U.S. and China extended the Busan Agreement, the trade truce between the two ... Read entire story

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This Week's Farm Operations


Corn Maturity in Michigan Is Lagging

Michigan farmers raising corn are hoping for an extended growing season because of historically low amounts of corn behind in maturity ... Read entire story

Corn Maturity Ahead of Usual Pace

Corn and soybean development continued to advance across Indiana and Michigan during the week ending Sunday, with corn harvest beginning in both ... Read entire story

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This Week's Market News


Milk Production Increasing at 2% Rate in August

August U.S. milk production remained well above a year ago but the gain slowed. The Agriculture Department's latest data shows output at ... Read entire story

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Weekly Columns


4-H Program Has Lots of Good People

Despite some of the bad news that seems to dominate the headlines these days, there are some very good people who are doing very good things ... Read entire story

Modern 4-H Needs Old Fashioned Skills

It's not the 4-H Club you or your parents grew up in. No, the modern version of 4-H has had to embrace and learn to work within layers of ... Read entire story

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