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St. Joe 4-H Auction Raises over $526,000

St. Joseph County (Ind.) 4-H livestock exhibitors earned $541,729.50 during the 4-H auction last Friday in South Bend. The total was higher ... Read entire story

Highest Bid Goes to Grand Lamb

The top sale of the night at the Starke County 4-H Fair in Hamlet on June 27 went to an excited exhibitor from North Judson. The high bid came ... Read entire story

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What's Making News


Late Pioneer Land Founder Lives on in Bronze

A plaque featuring a bronze likeness of the beloved late founder and head caretaker of Pioneer Land was unveiled Sunday during the ... Read entire story

Mich. Beef Served at White House

The Michigan Cattlemen's Assn. is pleased to announce that Michigan beef was on display at the White House Fourth of July celebration in ... Read entire story

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This Week's Farm Operations


Walk Your Paddocks Weekly to Evaluate Grass Heighth

As farmers across Indiana and Michigan know all too well, our cool-season grasses—fescues, orchardgrass, clovers—hit a growth ... Read entire story

Trump Says He's Willing to Let Migrant Laborers Stay

News Nation's Jeff Arnold reported that "President Donald Trump has pledged to protect American farmers who rely on migrant ... Read entire story

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This Week's Market News


Tariffs Starting to Affect U.S. Dairy Exports to China

May U.S. dairy exports declined .7% from a year ago, "primarily due to lower volumes of powders and trade tensions earlier in 2025," ... Read entire story

Big Beautiful Bill Is Start of Golden Age

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins issued the following statement after President Donald J. Trump signed the One Big Beautiful ... Read entire story

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Weekly Columns


County Assessors Predict Home Values Well, and That's a Problem

Indiana uses an assessment standard for property taxes called "market value in use." The assessment is the value of the property ... Read entire story

Debt, Dollar Value Hurt Ag Market

With 2025 half gone, the cautious American ag economy, like the slowing U.S. economy, now tiptoes into its second half ... Read entire story

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