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Keep an eye out for Palmer amaranth hitching a ride via contaminated feed ingredients. Minnesota has at least one infestation in the state that arrived via contaminated cattle feed.
Valerie Duever remembers the first time she tried honey produced by the bees on her land. Her husband enjoyed beekeeping, and that was her opportunity to try fresh, local honey.
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When the wind finally stopped blowing Monday the clean-up began. It might take quite a while.
MOUND CITY Mo. — It was 1969 when Morris Heitman farmed his first land purchase, a relations…
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Following the derecho event on Aug. 10, millions of acres in Iowa face challenging conditions. In many cases the corn may be unharvestable. These unharvestable fields require some level of fall management to ensure the future crop can achieve even emergence and normal early plant growth.
The dry conditions have prompted some to check summer annual forages such as sudan, sorghum sudan, millet and even johnsongrass for elevated nitrate levels.
Gary Wheeler is the CEO and executive director of the Missouri Soybean Association and the Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council.
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Cool crisp mornings and school activities filling the calendar are two signs that fall is on the horizon. Just as families make plans, cattle producers need to be looking into their fall grazing options, according to the team of experts at Kansas State University’s Beef Cat…
