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A turnaround for ethanol? By: DANIEL LOOKER 04/05/2013 @ 4:03pm

With the ethanol industry running at about 85% of capacity and corn prices suddenly cheaper after last week's bearish USDA reports, the industry may be poised for a ...

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Monsanto jumps on early seed sales By: Dow Jones Newswires 04/03/2013 @ 1:42pm

Monsanto Co. (MON) Wednesday cautioned cool spring weather would likely leave U.S. farmers with a shorter window to ...

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Young farmers & large farms may mix -- economist By: Jeff Caldwell 04/03/2013 @ 7:38am

Young farmers typically face an uphill climb in getting a foothold in row crop agriculture, especially when it comes to ...

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The latest on the farmland market By: Jeff Caldwell 03/28/2013 @ 8:21am

Farmland values -- and the general topic's many subplots, like leasing rates, the consequences of skyrocketing prices and how values will respond to a potential continued drought -- continues to ...

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3 signs farmland may be topping By: Jeff Caldwell 03/26/2013 @ 3:32pm

Not even an historic drought could trip up farmland values in the Corn Belt in the last year. Double-digit gains continue even outside of what's typically thought the hotbed of skyrocketing farmland ...

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Massive USDA reports coming Thursday By: Jeff Caldwell 03/26/2013 @ 11:04am

Thursday's a big day for the U.S. corn and soybean business. Major USDA reports -- namely Prospective Plantings -- will help crystallize this year's corn and soybean crop sizes. But, the ...

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DuPont, Monsanto strike RR2Y soybean deal By: Agriculture.com Staff 03/26/2013 @ 9:19am

Seed industry watchers have pondered if DuPont Pioneer could keep pace with its Roundup Ready 1 soybeans vs. the newer traited Roundup Ready 2 Yield soybeans developed by Monsanto. That question has been ...

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Verbal vs. written land lease deals By: Jeff Caldwell 03/22/2013 @ 12:05pm

A hearty handshake has long been thought a binding agreement when it comes to some business deals on the farm. And, for generations, that's included farmland rental agreements. Now, partly because land ...

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