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USMCA: A Great Opportunity with Our Neighbors, Heimerl Says  
USMCA: A Great Opportunity with Our Neighbors, Heimerl Says

USMCA’s enactment on Wednesday is a critical step forward for the U.S. meat and poultry industry that exports $5.5 billion annually to Canada and Mexico.

 
 
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David Kohl Shares 5 Wise Steps for Wellbeing  
David Kohl Shares 5 Wise Steps for Wellbeing

COVID-19, family strife, the loss of an off-farm job, machinery breakdowns. The list of stressors in farming is broad and deep. David Kohl, professor emeritus of agricultural finance at Virginia Tech University, shares some time-tested wisdom and advice.

 
 
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Free webinar: Midseason Crop Management  
Free webinar: Midseason Crop Management

Tar spot is here to stay. Armyworms are ravaging son of a guns. And corn borer is making a comeback as more farmers plant non-GMO hybrids. There are no better teachers than Farm Journal Field Agronomists Missy Bauer and Ken Ferrie to give you a scouting edge. Join host Clinton Griffiths at 11 a.m. Central July 2.

 
 
Can You Distinguish Different Types of Herbicide Damage in Soybeans?  
Can You Distinguish Different Types of Herbicide Damage in Soybeans?

While herbicide damage—really any damage—isn’t something you want to see in your growing crop, the reality is it happens. This year it seems to be popping up more than usual in soybean fields according to Iowa State University Extension experts.

 
 
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We've All Had One of Those Days. Send Us Your  
We've All Had One of Those Days. Send Us Your "What a Day!" Photo

Sometimes the only way to get through life’s mishaps is to either laugh or commiserate. So if you’ve had one of those days — or captured someone else’s — we’d love to share it with our readers. Email images to whataday@farmjournal.com or hashtag #FJWhatADay on Twitter and Instagram.

 
 
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Online Training: Growing Hemp From A to Z  
Online Training: Growing Hemp From A to Z

In this one-hour online training, Certified Crop Advisor Bryan Parr educates farmers on the basics of how to grow hemp for grain or fiber. Click here to learn more or to register.

 
 
Farmer Bootstraps Business, Takes Family Back to Roots  
Farmer Bootstraps Business, Takes Family Back to Roots

Searching for a job that provided extra income while still providing flexibility to farm, Brian and Ashley Sieker tapped a niche vein of agriculture and began providing machinery parts across the Corn Belt in what quickly developed into New Ag Supply.

 
 
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Join our $100 Ideas Club  
Join our $100 Ideas Club

Think you have an idea worth $100 – or even $200? Submit it here! Upon publication in Farm Journal, the Double Your Money winner receives $200. Other farmers featured receive $100 each.

 
 
In The Shop: Temporary Fix for Oil Leaks...?  
In The Shop: Temporary Fix for Oil Leaks...?

If you've got a slow oil leak on a gearbox, possibly even an engine crankcase or hydraulic reservoir, consider this temporary fix to get you by until you have time to fix it "right."

 
 
American Farmers #FarmON <br />  
American Farmers #FarmON

Sun’s out, guns out. COVID-19 has its challenges but a farmer or rancher’s work isn’t defined by it. No matter what, we #FarmON. Click here to see the photos submitted by your fellow farmers. Then share how you #FarmON by texting FarmON to 31313 to submit your photo or video.

 
 

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