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Soil health plays critical role in crop production
2013-12-04 22:59:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Source: Farm Foundation "Soil health is a key factor in any agricultural production system, whether conventional or organic, yet soil is too often ignored or overshadowed by other factors," says Noble Foundation President Bill Buckner. read more
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Crop Insurance and Wealthy Individuals
2013-12-02 23:08:00| National Hog Farmer
By P. Scott Shearer, Bockorny Group, Washington, DC Congressmen Ron Kind (D-WI), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), and Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) are requesting the Government Accountability Office (GAO) review crop insurance payments to determine what amount goes to wealthy individuals. read more
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USDA Issues Final Crop Report for 2013
2013-11-26 15:42:00| National Hog Farmer
By Joe Vansickle The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Monday issued its final Crop Progress report for 2013. The report reflected that 95% of the corn harvest has been completed in the top 18 states, compared with 100% of the harvest completed as of Nov. 24, 2012. The five-year average (2008-2012) for completion of the corn harvest is 91%. read more
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Farmers to face lower crop insurance guarantees in 2014
2013-11-22 21:38:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Source: University of Illinois farmdocDaily Due to lower futures prices on Dec14 corn and Nov14 soybeans, most farmers will face considerable losses before crop insurance makes payments in 2014. read more
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World food security at risk as crop yields plateau
2013-11-21 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: For the last decade and a half, a mysterious and worrisome trend has emerged in the farming world that has sent farmers, scientists and policy makers looking for answers. Crop yields -- how much of a crop is harvested per hectare -- for some of the world's major grains like rice, wheat and corn have gone from increasing year after year to plateauing in many of the world's biggest grain producers. Until about the middle of the 20th century, the only way farmers knew to increase production...
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