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Fire kills 7 animals at Calif. dairy
A wind-driven fire killed seven animals at a dairy farm near Adelanto, Calif., over the weekend.
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D.C. Watch: All eyes on the farm bill
Congress returned to work last week and the first order of business for the Senate was the farm bill. But the process of working through the proposed amendments got bogged down on Tuesday when Senator Mary Landrieu, D-La., blocked every Republican amendment offered.
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Difficult to anticipate corn production
The corn market appears to be having difficulty anticipating the likely size of the 2013 U.S. crop.
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Ag markets proved generally weak Monday morning
Corn futures have declined from two-month highs to start this week. The concurrent bounce by the U.S. dollar may be exaggerating the weakness, but the main reason for the slide stems from trader expectations ahead of the afternoon USDA Crop Progress report.
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Commentary: Immigration reform critical for agriculture
Immigration is the poster case for the dysfunction that grips our federal government.
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Manage stress to make better farming decisions
What farmers and ranchers want to be careful about is letting their personal stresses pile up so that their management practices and decision-making become negatively affected.
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Monitoring udder health on dairy farms
Effectively managing udder health on dairy farms requires a good record keeping system and routine monitoring of somatic cell count (SCC) data.
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Healthy soil aids drought and flood management
You may think the common thread between drought and flood is water or living in the Southern Great Plains. While these may be true, the shared factor to both is soil.
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Class III futures closed out the week mixed
Class III futures closed out last week with the 2013 contracts closing between down 8 cents and up 3, as just 566 contracts traded, with 340 of those taking place in the June and July months.
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Dairy music video helps feed 160,000
The Midwest Dairy Association donated $20,000 to a charity after the success of its viral “Feedin’ A Nation” parody music video
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Ag futures seem set to begin the week rather poorly
After ending last week on a high note, corn futures moved lower Monday morning. Wire service sources cited expectations of good progress toward finishing U.S. corn plantings on the weekly USDA Crop Progress report this afternoon for much of the slide.
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