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Crops aren’t the only thing in farming operations to get stressed. It happens to farmers themselves, along with other health issues. Here’s information on how to keep yourself healthy and lessen your stress levels while being a successful crop producer.
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  • Apr. 24, 2013
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    Farmers: Use Social Media to Connect with Consumers

    Michele Payn-Knoper, founder, Cause Matters Corp., talks about how farmers can use social media to tell their stories and connect with consumers and those concerned about food....More
  • Mar. 6, 2013
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    How to Play the Current Market: Your Corn and Beans in both Old Crop, New Crop

    I am cutting straight to the facts today. We have a couple big reports coming up, and I wanted to throw my hat in the ring and call a few shots to help you get in the game and better your operation....More
  • Feb. 6, 2013
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    Forests, Trees and Paul Harvey

    Unless you've been under a rock, you've likely seen - or at the very least, heard about - the Dodge Ram advertisement heralding farmers during Sunday night's Super Bowl. It featured a powerful and nostalgic reading of the poem, "So God Made a Farmer," as delivered by Paul Harvey to the 1978 FFA Convention....More
  • Dec. 14, 2012
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    Corn and Soybean Digest

    Farming is a Global Driver | Food Resource Among 7 Key Revolutions

    Global changes in 2050 may come more quickly and urgently and expand exponentially. That's the assessment of Scott Aughenbaugh, fellow, Seven Revolutions Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C. Agriculture could play a pivotal role within what he calls the seven drivers of change, he says....More
  • Oct. 26, 2010
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    Obamacare: What it Means For You | How to Decipher the New Healthcare Plan

    The most comprehensive health-insurance reform since Medicare is now the law of the land. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), signed into law by President Barack Obama, touches every aspect of U.S. healthcare. First, know that no employer is required to provide health insurance. However, some employers will pay penalties if they do not provide insurance and their employees buy insurance from the new statewide insurance pools....More
  • Jun. 22, 2010
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    Corn and Soybean Digest

    Leading Economic Indicators

    My Road Warrior travels took me to Springfield, IL, to address the Community Bankers Association’s Ag...More
  • May 3, 2010
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    Corn and Soybean Digest

    Will Wheat Prices Remain Stronger?

    After starting April at a contract low $4.61/bu. on April 5, Kansas City Board of Trade wheat prices rallied...More
  • Feb. 1, 2010
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    Corn and Soybean Digest

    Bunge Expands

    Bunge Ltd. announces ownership of additional interest in the Moema Group cluster of sugarcane mills located in Brazil....More
  • Oct. 13, 2009
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    Corn and Soybean Digest

    Economic Recovery Slog

    In my last column, or as some readers are calling it, my formalized blog, Road Warrior travels took me to the financial...More
  • Oct. 13, 2009
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    Corn and Soybean Digest

    Farm Income Projections Down

    The USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) is projecting net farm income to be down 38% in 2009, as compared to 2008 net...More
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