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Farmers cannot escape challenges, but they certainly can overcome adversity.

Challenges remain, though, for producers who want to expand.

With eyes on the forecast for July, one ag meteorologist says it looks fairly favorable for much of the Midwest, but there are a few wild cards.

The largest feedyard north of the Rio Grande is under construction allowing Blackshirt Feeders to combine data, technology and innovation in a closed loop aligning dairies and semen providers with the feedyard.

Beef-cross calves continue to fetch astounding values of more than $1,000/head in some markets.

As beef-dairy crossbred calves become a more widespread industry staple, they present their own set of specific benefits and challenges to the marketplace. A recently published study by Iowa State University researchers explored both.