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Keeping the family informed: Estate and succession planning
To have a successful transition between the generations, it is important that everyone involved is aware of your plan.
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Exports: Corn up 90 percent from last week
According to the USDA’s latest U.S. Export Sales report, corn net sales of 219,900 MT for 2012-2013 were up 90 percent from last week but down 24 percent from the 4-week average.
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More rain to snarl U.S. corn plantings
Rainfall late this week into the weekend will further delay U.S. corn plantings that already have fallen to a record slow pace, an agricultural meteorologist said on Thursday.
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U.S. House farm bill moves ahead with big cut in food stamps
A Republican-controlled panel in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday approved the biggest cuts in food stamps for the poor in a generation and a potentially expensive expansion of federally subsidized crop insurance.
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Buffet concerned about soil and starvation
U.S. and international farming operations concern Howard Buffett, founder of the Howard G. Buffett Foundation. A major focus of the foundation is helping subsistence, small-scale farmers in Africa, but that doesn’t mean Buffett ignores commenting on U.S. farming systems that should be improved.
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Survey shows farm income, spending rose in first quarter
While first quarter 2013 farm income and capital spending were higher than expected across the Midwest and Mid-South than first quarter 2012, agricultural lenders remained cautious in their expectations for the year ahead amid risks posed by ongoing weakness in the U.S. economy and higher producer input costs, according to the latest Agricultural Finance Monitor published by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
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April temperatures coldest in 16 years
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its monthly “State of the Climate” report on Wednesday, showing that last month was the 23rd coolest April on record and also the 19th wettest.
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Establishing nutritional value in copra, palm products for pigs
Products derived from coconuts and oil palm trees are the primary protein sources in swine diets in parts of Africa, southeast Asia, South America, and Europe. New research from the University of Illinois is helping to establish the nutritional value of these products.
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Farmers face deadline to choose ACRE as revenue-protection plan
Crop producers have until June 3 to decide whether they will participate in the Average Crop Revenue Election plan or continue with the regular Direct and Counter-Cyclical Payment Program.
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World food supply depends on character, virtuous leadership
If the world’s food supply and natural resources are to be sustained for future generations, visionary leadership is a must. And what better model to look to than the virtues known since antiquity?
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U.S. decision on Keystone XL pipeline seen dragging past summer
The Obama administration is unlikely to make a decision on the Canada-to-Nebraska Keystone XL pipeline until late this year as it painstakingly weighs the project's impact on the environment and on energy security, a U.S. official and analysts said last week.
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- Oil ends higher on weaker dollar, supplies weigh
- Corn planting pace turns from record slow to record fast
- Ag markets seemed to follow gold higher Monday afternoon
- Commentary: GMOs: How do I hate thee?
- Groups want ‘comprehensive’ FTA with EU
- Online systems keeps exporters abreast of market regulations
- Corn and soybean prices continue to retrace 2012 drought rally
- Premium Standard Farms Founder Dies Unexpectedly
- USDA says has detected virus in Iowa hog population
- Weather report: Rain spreads across the Corn Belt
- Tyson selects panel to monitor animal welfare program
- Commentary: GMOs: How do I hate thee?
