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MIDDAY Midwest Digest, Oct. 27, 2020
Max Armstrong talks about haunted places, harvest pace, agribusiness sales, boat and bike sales and electric bikes from Harley-Davidson. Two of the top 10 haunted places in the U.S. are in the...
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EPA rolls out 5-year dicamba registration
Buffering agents required and application cutoff dates set at June 30 for soybeans and July 30 for cotton. After a circuit court halted the use of dicamba this summer, the Environmental Protection...
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Ag injury prevention work continues
Renewed grant allows Marshfield Clinic Research Institute to focus on childhood ag safety. The National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety, Marshfield Clinic Research...
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Dry Bean Council takes event virtual
BeanCon21 will be virtual experience, March 2-4-2021. The U.S. Dry Bean Council is joining other commodity organizations in modifying its annual meeting during the COVID-19 pandemic. The council...
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Why you should leave soil untouched over winter
Salute Soil Health: A conservationist pleads farmers to forgo fall tillage trips. As resource conservation professionals, we try to give farmers good, solid information to chew on and digest weeks, if...
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Millennials will change the way you farm
Social values are driving next-generation buyers; farmers can tap into demand and find profits. When next-generation consumers buy groceries — whether in the grocery store or online — they focus on...
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Farm Progress America, October 28, 2020
Max Armstrong digs into the challenges facing the burgeoning hemp industry in the United States Max Armstrong continues his conversation about hemp and hemp opportunities noting the success of a...
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MORNING Midwest Digest, Oct. 28, 2020
Max Armstrong thanks volunteers helping voters this year, and talks about gun stocks, dicamba registration, Commodity Classic and tested family relationships. Max thanks volunteers helping people vote...
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Ag industry praises dicamba decision
Center for Food Safety says 'EPA rushed re-approval as a political prop just before the election.' EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced the agency will allow the use of dicamba on cotton and...
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Companies clarify new EPA rules for dicamba
New label limits use of low-volatility formulations, requires new buffering agents The dust is still settling from news on Tuesday, Oct. 27, that EPA has approved a five-year registration for dicamba....
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Search for extra income turns into agritourism destination
Slideshow: Exploration Acres features Indiana’s largest corn maze. In 2006, Tim Fitzgerald had the idea of turning his dad’s Tippecanoe County, Ind., farm into something bigger.“My dad got sick and...
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Farm Progress America, October 29, 2020
Max Armstrong reports on one company's expansion into the growing probiotics market Max Armstrong looks at the rise of probiotics in human and livestock diets. Max shares the story of one company's...
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3 lessons learned from threshing bees
Slideshow: Generations of old farm iron enthusiasts celebrate past harvest technology. Few farmers can recall the bygone era when horses or steam tractors operated a threshing machine, separating...
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One mama’s bigger (boot) picture
The world lost a beautiful soul this month, and her memory — and legacy — live on in her life and stories. We’d just been talking about a story. And then without notice one night, her blood clotted in...
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American soybeans to make rare journey to top exporter Brazil
Brazil is facing a domestic shortage of soybeans after shipping a record amount of the oilseed to China, the world’s biggest buyer. By Isis Almeida, Tatiana Freitas and Alfred CangThe U.S. has started...
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MORNING Midwest Digest, Oct. 29, 2020
Max Armstrong talks about stockpiling food; corn and soybean profitability in 2021, Ford truck stock and sales and a misplaced graphic on a Detroit TV station. We're loading out pantries again; more...
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A deeper dive into EPA’s dicamba re-registration
University of Nebraska weed scientist shares how the latest action from EPA on dicamba is good for growers. Many growers are finishing up the 2020 harvest and already looking to purchase their seeds...
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MIDDAY Midwest Digest, Oct. 29, 2020
Max Armstrong talks about the drought, electric pickup trucks, truck sales and cargo ships harnessing wind power. The fall drought has been shrinking a bit, according to the latest Drought Monitor.Do...
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Get paid for sequestering carbon
Farmers line up for a pilot carbon program to earn $10 per acre for soil conservation practices. There is already a waiting list for farmers who want to participate in a program designed to reward...
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