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Scrap iron beauty in eye of beholder By: John Walter 02/02/2012 @ 12:27pm

Farmers have various views about the value of scrap iron that accumulates around the farm. Some see old machinery and other salvaged metal as a valuable resource for ...

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Land market keeps farm credit solid By: Jeff Caldwell 01/25/2012 @ 2:56pm

Surging farm land values in the nation's midsection haven't slowed down, and that's been good for ag ...

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For-hire trucking surged in late 2011 -- report By: Jeff Caldwell 01/25/2012 @ 11:38am

Some economists say as the trucking industry -- one closely related to the agriculture sector -- goes, so goes the ...

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Crop insurance payouts top $9 billion By: Jeff Caldwell 01/24/2012 @ 11:11am

If crop insurance indemnity payments are an accurate picture of the value of crop losses, 2011 was a record year.Those payments added up to more than $9 billion for the first time in history last year, and ...

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Watch equities for farm land direction By: Jeff Caldwell 01/20/2012 @ 12:31pm

Want to know where farm land prices are headed? One good place to watch is the stock market. And, the way things may shape up throughout 2012, that market could be the culprit of lower farm land ...

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China's role to the grains By: Jeff Caldwell 01/19/2012 @ 4:13pm

China's Gross Domestic is higher than a lot of analysts thought it would be when the nation's leaders reported it Tuesday. But, it's still trending the opposite direction, and any ...

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What if China stops growing? By: Jeff Caldwell 01/17/2012 @ 4:26pm

China's Gross Domestic is higher than a lot of analysts thought it would be when the nation's leaders reported it Tuesday. But, it's still trending the  opposite direction, and any larger ...

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Fertilizer trends tough to predict By: Jeff Caldwell 01/10/2012 @ 3:57pm

What kind of crop rotation will be most lucrative for you this spring depends a lot on input costs. And, the most volatile crop input from recent years looks to be the leader again this year.Looking back over ...

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