A Minnesota farmer is stressing the importance of risk protection amid low commodity prices and high input costs. Darin Johnson says it’s a tough environment for marketing corn and soybeans. “As we figure break-evens looking into this next year, we are well below the cost of production. And that brings me (to) crop insurance, that’s […]
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A seed sales representative says farmers might want to buy and plant earlier. Randy Schlatter with Brevant Seeds tells Brownfield certain
An assistant professor of agronomy at Purdue University says his department is looking at how using Kura clover as a cover crop
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The USDA’s Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs says the Regional Agricultural Promotion Program is helping growers diversify into
Farmers are encouraged to consider problems that can arise when machinery is stored over the winter. Ken Huening is the CEO
