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Corn planters make mammoth strides -- ... By: Jeff Caldwell 05/20/2013 @ 3:36pm Up until Sunday, it had been quite a week for farmers with corn to plant. All of a sudden, farmers ...
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Storms bash central U.S., stall corn ... By: Jeff Caldwell 05/20/2013 @ 9:40am The monstrous line of storms that stretched from Texas to Minnesota Sunday night saw tornadoes blow ...
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Weather, tech-buying boost wheat By: Dow Jones Newswires 05/20/2013 @ 2:48pm U.S. wheat futures reversed earlier losses to settle higher Monday, boosted by technical buying and ...
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USDA Race, Ethnicity, and Gender Program StatisticsREGSTATS will give you summary information about who is getting what. There are 16 hispanic female farmers in Missouri and one has a CRP contract ...

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Corn questions for 2013 By: Gil Gullickson 02/14/2013 @ 9:28am

Many of you couldn't wait to throw your 2012 calenders away and think about 2013. That's an understatement, for 2012 was the worst drought year since ...
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