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What's Making News
Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins spoke about financial stressors on the farm last Thursday in Kansas City, Mo. at the annual Ag ... Read entire story
Taiwan signed two letters of intent last Thursday with the Indiana Corn Marketing Council and the Indiana Soybean Alliance to purchase nearly ... Read entire story
This Week's Farm Operations
I may have mentioned in previous articles that chemistry is not one of my personal strengths. Anything that transcends beyond basic ... Read entire story
Most folks picture farm life as clean country air and wide-open spaces—the kind of place where lungs should thrive. But the truth is, farming can ... Read entire story
This Week's Market News
U.S. bulk tanks are bulging thanks to added cows and increased output per cow, as the industry meets in Madison, Wis. for World Dairy Expo ... Read entire story
The USDA's September Hogs and Pigs report was a bit of a surprise. While many analysts expected some herd expansion, as the prior June report ... Read entire story
Weekly Columns
The Indiana General Assembly passed a bill to reform property taxes back in April. It's the third big reform of the past 50 years, after the ... Read entire story
While my father and mother were far from apolitical, neither allowed any political signs or flags in the yard or on any barns on our southern Illinois 2... Read entire story