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Hot land values; Good grain news By: Jeff Caldwell 02/22/2012 @ 3:36pm Land values, ethanol volatility and major crop outlooks highlight this week's big stories in ...
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Multiple-year hedges recommended By: Ray Grabanski 02/22/2012 @ 4:47pm The USDA will update their long range U.S. crop projections this week. Any changes from the ...
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Sophisticated Asian markets ahead By: DANIEL LOOKER 02/22/2012 @ 3:54pm Today, China is a key market for bulk commodities from the U.S. and South America. But in the ...
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Mo. River flood chancesAs the market focuses on South America weather this week, it won't be long before all eyes turn toward the U.S. planting weather. One of the ...

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Knock down herbicide ... By: Jeff Caldwell 02/08/2012 @ 2:39pm

Glyphosate resistance isn't the end of the world.It certainly doesn't mean the popular herbicide is no longer any good, according to experts who took part in the ...
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Are your soils compacted? By: Jeff Caldwell 01/19/2012 @ 11:13am

If your soils are frozen and hard as a rock, this may not be in the cards for you just yet. But, if your temperatures are around the freezing mark, one way to stave off ...
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Rounding up the 2012 cattle ... By: Jeff Caldwell 02/03/2012 @ 10:51am

The 800-pound gorilla in the cattle barn is this one: Is there a place for the cattle industry in the new 21st-century energy-based agriculture? Is the slide in cattle ...
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