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| U.S. sunflower production up 44 percent from 2019 estimate |
| MANDAN, N.D. – The first U.S. sunflower production estimate for 2020 is 2.81 billion pounds, up 44 percent from the revised 2019 production of 1.96 billion pounds, and the highest since 2015, according to the Oct. 9 USDA Crop Production Report. |
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| Woman killed when hay wagon overturns |
| NAUVOO, Ill. (AP) — A woman was killed, and more than 20 other people were injured when a wagon overturned in rural western Illinois, police said |
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| A look at how election may change the future |
| PEORIA, Ill. — Whether your presidential candidate won or lost on Election Day 2020 farmers should anticipate there will be significant pressure for Congress to enact post-election tax increases due to 2017 tax reform and COVID-19 stimulus funding. This is according to Brian Kuehl, KCoe Isom director of legislative affairs, and KCoe Isom tax specialist Kevin Bearley, who joined an Oct. 30 webinar on potential post-election changes to farm and tax policy hosted by the Illinois Soybean Association (ISA). |
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| ISA, ICMC release 3-year plan for checkoff dollars |
| INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The Indiana Soybean Alliance (ISA) and Indiana Corn Marketing Council (ICMC) have released a three-year strategic plan on how to best use checkoff dollars from the state’s corn and soybean farmers. |
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| Ginseng: In search of a high-value crop with long-term potential |
| RIPLEY, Ohio – Ronny Warren, of Adams County in Ohio, is known by most in the Ripley area. His trade as a handyman leads him to folks throughout this rural, hilly county. There aren’t too many things about this fun-loving, happy-go-lucky lad that people in these parts don’t know. |
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| FFA announces agricultural proficiency award winners |
| INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The 93rd National FFA Convention & Expo wrapped up its festivities last week, and when it came to recognizing the accomplishments of the top students from this 700,000-member organization, the Farm World readership area was well represented. |
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| What does 15th century book say about predictions for 2021? It isn’t pretty! |
| I would be so sensitive to Nature’s moods – so close that a coming change would make itself known in the look of a house hours or even days in advance – Charles Burchfield, Journal, December 9, 1917 |
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| Dairy margins mixed over second half of October |
| The October Federal order Class III benchmark milk price vaulted $5.18, to $21.61 per hundredweight (cwt.) this week, highest October price since 2014, with a little more to come, thanks in large part to Uncle Sam’s Farmers to Families Food Box program. The November futures contract was trading late Friday morning at $23.21 but December was at $18.63, with January 2021 at $17.18 per cwt. |
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| Don’t be afraid; look for calm from a familiar presence |
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Cranberries have been adding zip to our meals for centuries
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