Covering many farm-related issues this year, the staff at Indiana Prairie Farmer shared the good, the bad and the ugly with readers. Check out which stories got the most attention this year on our website.
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<p><span style="color:#222222">Do the traditional 4-H program and county fairs with 4-H exhibits have a future?</span></p>
<p><a href="https://www.farmprogress.com/4h/where-indiana-4-h-headed" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline">Read more.</a></p>
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<p><span style="color:#222222">This family prefers moving crops with a tri-axle tandem truck, even for 50-mile trips.</span></p>
<p><a href="https://www.farmprogress.com/equipment/who-says-it-takes-semi-haul-grain" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline">Read more.</a></p>
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<p><span style="background-color:white"><span style="color:#222222">Slideshow: See this shop when the Indiana Farm Management Tour visits Danny Gill’s farm on June 21.</span></span></p>
<p><a href="https://www.farmprogress.com/farm-shops/work-comfortably-year-round-farm... style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline">Read more.</a></p>
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<p>Slideshow: The old and the new are contrasted at the National Farm Machinery Show.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.farmprogress.com/tractors/john-deere-celebrates-100-years-tr... more.</a></p>
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<p>We all need a good laugh from time to time. These memes about farming should help get you through the day.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.farmprogress.com/farm-life/funny-farming-memes">Read more.</a></p>
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<p><span style="color:#222222">Corn Illustrated: The best advice, based on multiple studies, appears to be erring on too deep versus too shallow.</span></p>
<p><a href="https://www.farmprogress.com/corn/studies-show-risk-planting-wrong-depth" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline">Read more.</a></p>
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<p>Slideshow: Farm shop allows these farmers to do what needs to be done comfortably.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.farmprogress.com/farm-shops/simplicity-key-useful-farm-shop"... more.</a></p>
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<p>Slideshow: Invasive species are wreaking havoc with woodlots and other areas.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.farmprogress.com/conservation/be-lookout-these-plants-your-a... more.</a></p>
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<p>Slideshow: Don’t try this at home! Veteran no-tiller plants corn into live ryegrass and makes it work, harvesting a 200-bushel yield.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.farmprogress.com/cover-crops/tall-green-ryegrass-didn-t-stop... more.</a></p>
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<p>Slideshow: Conservation groups in Indiana have declared war on invasive species.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.farmprogress.com/conservation/learn-identify-these-invasive-... more.</a></p>