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April 5, 2021
 
 
 
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The Tale of Two Soil Moisture Stories Plays Out Across the U.S. as Planting 2021 Gets Underway
 
Early April was met with some eagerness to plant, and as some areas see dry soils, planters have started to roll. From Kansas to Illinois, farmers sowed their first seeds of the 2021 growing season.
 
 
 
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Questions remain after USDA's bombshell plantings report. The bulls were running following USDA's plantings report after corn and soybean acreage came in below trade expectations.

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Join Mitchell Hora on a tour of his Washington, Iowa, farm. Hora, founder of Continuum Ag, will show some of his cover crops and field trials in progress.

Total Field Makeover: Trials and Tribulations
 
 
 
 
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Senators John Hoeven and Michael Bennet reintroduced the Modernizing Agricultural Transportation Act, bipartisan legislation to reform the Hours of Service and Electronic Logging Device regulations at the U.S. DOT.

Senate Bill to Reform Hours of Service, Logging Regulation for Ag Haulers
 
 
 

The U.S. economy added 916,000 jobs in March, up from 416,000 in February and the most since August. The unemployment rate edged down to 6.0% from 6.2% in February in a sign that the recovery was accelerating.

Pro Farmer's First Thing Today: Unemployment Rate Drops, OPEC to Boost Production and More
 
 
 
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People have been buying a lot of beef during the pandemic. Details in today's AgDay Minute.

Man Tries to Smuggle Live Birds in Hair Curlers
 
 
 

Every spring, without fail, there are a handful of "sins" Ken Ferrie addresses on service calls. Join Clinton Griffiths as he chats with Ken about wet soil, dry soil, cold soil, herbicide and nutrient sins.

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