 | | Collegiate meat judging is a competitive sport. In fact, it's so competitive, some team members at Texas Tech University are recruited in middle school. |
 | | This week, Mosaic announced it will decrease production in its Louisiana operations facility by about 500,000 tons in 2019. Effective Oct. 1, the company is doing this in response to greater imports pushing down the fertilizer’s prices. |
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 | | Deep in the pocket of the Midwest, and deeper still in the belly of an Iowa grain bin, Arick Baker was a dead man in a corn tomb. |
 | | The rural economy is struggling. In fact, the July Rural Mainstreet Index (RMI), a monthly survey of bank CEOs in a 10-state Midwest region, fell below growth neutral to 46.5, its lowest level in almost two years. |
 | | Farming is stressful—this year proves challenging for even experienced farmers. However, it’s important to remember stress on the farm should be just that—stress on the farm. Your farm’s success doesn’t change who you are as a person or your value. |
 | | While many farmers still doubt last month's USDA numbers, the rest of the trade is going along with it. Export pace and ethanol grind are weakening, frost threats are declining, and 10-day forecasts are looking very good. |
 | | Corn and soybeans still grass green. Last year started combing soybeans this upcoming week. This year looks like a month off. Looked at pod count, very poor. I think frost will finish crop off, too cool and cloudy to get ripe decent. Good chance of frost last week in September, grand solar minimum causing the cooler temperatures. Corn is not all dented yet, looks like wet light test weight corn. If it's too wet, it will be better to leave in field than go broke trying to dry it. I think its time to cut my losses and quit, it's getting old fast. |
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