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Midwestern Hemp Database will help farmers understand crop
URBANA, Ill. — Though harvested acres were down in Illinois in 2020 from the year before, industrial hemp continues to be one of the fastest growing crops in Prairie State and Midwest farm fields. To more effectively share hemp cultivation best practices, University of Illinois Extension educators are working with growers and other land grant universities to source field data and provide research for the newly minted Midwestern Hemp Database. Researchers are currently recruiting more hemp producers in the race to learn more.
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Insurance and Farm Bill discussed by COUNTRY rep
CHAMPAIGN-URBANA, Ill. - In a “normal” year Doug Yoder, crop agency manager for COUNTRY Financial, would spend much of February and March driving from town to town offering his annual farm bill and crop insurance update at county farm bureau auditoriums, grain service facilities and other small venues where a few dozen farmers can gather. This year, due to the ongoing pandemic, Yoder presented a live webinar to help farmers better understand important ag industry updates that may affect their farm operations. 
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Some Hoosier farmers unable to find a market for their fiber hemp
DANVILLE, Ind. – Joe Doub has one goal when it comes to the 1,000 bales of fiber hemp he’s stored at his farm since 2019: he wants to find a market for it.
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Red Gold recognizes Birky as tomato grower of the year

ELWOOD, Ind. - His love for raising hogs while growing up in Indiana has blossomed into raising blue ribbon tomatoes for a major commercial brand. Galen Birky is this year’s winner of the E.A. Reichart Quality Achievement Award, the highest honor presented by Elwood-based Red Gold, Inc.
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Hinckley – Come get your buzzards

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3-month prison term for blending oats and beans
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A former official at a large grain warehouse in Iowa was sentenced recently to three months in prison for his role in a scheme to blend lower value oats into soybeans and then sell the mixture as soybeans to unsuspecting buyers
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Insect  that can kill hemlock trees found in Michigan park
HONOR, Mich. (AP) — A small insect that can kill hemlock trees by feeding on their sap has been detected at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in northwestern Michigan.
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Biden $1.9T coronavirus stimulus package includes $1B for Black farmers
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The $1.9 trillion coronavirus stimulus package being pushed by President Joe Biden puts more than $1 billion toward “socially disadvantaged” farmers and related groups, including an equity commission, agricultural training and other assistance to advance racial justice in farming.
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USDA: Net farm income to decline in 2021
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Farm pays $144,000 to resolve violations
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A factory farm in Kewaunee County has agreed to pay the state $144,000 to resolve pollution violations.
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