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What's Making News


Tom, Snyder Make Pitches for Votes

During the September Farm Foundation debate concerning presidential candidate policies that would affect agriculture, Kip Tom, Leesburg ... Read entire story

City Girl Makes Good at Exchange

A Chicago native who grew up spending summers at her grandparents' house in Syracuse couldn't resist the urge to move to Indiana ... Read entire story

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This Week's Farm Operations


Soybean Harvest Speeds Along

Corn and soybean harvest made significant gains last week. There were 6.2 days suitable for fieldwork ... Read entire story

Another Dry Week Aids Harvest

Another dry week allowed Indiana farmers to make significant harvest progress. Topsoil moisture levels decreased from the previous week, with ... Read entire story

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This Week's Market News


Class 3 Milk Prices Take A Spill, Down from September Estimates

As reported last week, the Agriculture Department has again lowered its 2024 and 2025 milk production forecasts in its World Agriculture Supply ... Read entire story

Tractor Maker Announces More Midwest Layoffs

Reuters' Jody Godoy reported at the end of this past week that "the U.S. Federal Trade Commission is probing farm equipment maker ... Read entire story

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Weekly Columns


Big Mac Bites Big Meat over Alleged 'Artificially Higher Prices'

If you buy nearly 2 billion pounds of beef a year—an on-the-hoof equivalent of 7 million cattle—you'd think you'd get ... Read entire story

Ag Economy on Brink of Recession

More than half of the 70 agriculture economists surveyed in Farm Journal's Ag Economists' Monthly Monitor believe that the United States ... Read entire story

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