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    April 16, 2018
    With the persistence of winter, there are farmers already concerned about planting delays. (Michelle Rook / Special to Agweek / Forum News Service)
    Acreage may be dictated by weather, not economics
    YANKTON, S.D.—The recent U.S. Department of Agriculture Prospective Plantings Report contained a few surprises, with United States farmers...
    business/agricultureApril 16, 2018 - 8:20am
    April 11, 2018
    President Donald Trump during an Oval Office meeting with Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, the Emir of Qatar, at the White House in Washington, April 10, 2018. The friendly visit represented a remarkable turnaround for a president who had once portrayed Qatar as part of the problem of terrorism. (Doug Mills/Copyright 2018 The New York Times)
    Trump considers Depression-era program to bail out farmers caught in his trade war with China
    WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is looking at using a Depression-era program to help bail out American farmers hurt by the escalating trade...
    business/agricultureApril 11, 2018 - 6:44pm
    April 9, 2018
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    U.S. corn shipments soar to a record amid trade concern, drought
    U.S. corn exports jumped to the highest in at least 23 years amid adverse crop weather in the Americas and the threat of Chinese trade tariffs....
    business/agricultureApril 9, 2018 - 1:11pm
    April 4, 2018
    Soybeans are unloaded at dusk during harvest in Buda, Illinois, on Sept. 29, 2017. Bloomberg photo by Daniel Acker.
    Brewing trade war compounds woes of Midwest farmers
    Thanks to President Donald Trump, China just dealt U.S. farmers their latest blow. The Asian country said Wednesday, April 4, it plans to impose...
    business/agricultureApril 4, 2018 - 12:11pm
    March 29, 2018
    Soybeans stand in a field at dusk in Buda, Illinois. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Daniel Acker.
    Soybean acres top corn for first time in 35 years as U.S. farmers shrug off China concern
    Soybean acreage in the U.S. this year will exceed corn plantings for the first time in 35 years, according to a government survey, suggesting...
    business/agricultureMarch 29, 2018 - 1:41pm
    March 26, 2018
    At Ag Day at the Pavilion in Sioux Falls, S.D., kids see what is on the menu for cattle at feeding time. Michelle Rook / Special to Forum News Service
    SD agriculture showcased at Ag Day at the Pavilion
    SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Most consumers are several generations from the farm but at the annual Ag Day at the Pavilion in Sioux Falls on March...
    business/agricultureMarch 26, 2018 - 6:30am
    March 25, 2018
    Terry Ulrich, fourth-generation farmer and rancher from Ashley, N.D., believes agriculture will be negatively impacted by a trade war. (Submitted photo)
    Commentary from 4th generation farmer: Trade wars are economic self-mutilation
    Agriculture is now a global market, affecting our plans on what and how much we plant in acres each season. Agriculture will be the casualty...
    business/agricultureMarch 25, 2018 - 8:06am
    March 19, 2018
    Paul Houglum of Perley, Minn., stands in the grain elevator dumping facility in Perley, Minn. Photo taken March 13, 2018, in Perley, Minn. (Mikkel Pates / Forum News Service/Agweek)
    Watch your ears! Farmers still suffer hearing loss
    PERLEY, Minn. --Paul Houglum knows farming has taken its toll on his hearing. In mid-March he was hauling grain to the local elevator, emptying...
    business/agricultureMarch 19, 2018 - 8:42am
    March 5, 2018
    Kevin Sedivec, North Dakota State University Extension range specialist and director of Central Grasslands Research Extension Center in Streeter, N.D., advises producers not to overgraze pastures already stressed from the 2017 drought. Photo taken Aug. 1, 2017, in Hettinger County, N.D. Jenny Schlecht / Forum News Service
    Ag producers should prepare for a dry year, even if that's average
    BISMARCK — The community of Redstone, Mont., in 2016 asked to join the North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network. They wanted to use the...
    business/agricultureMarch 5, 2018 - 6:57am
    February 26, 2018
    Patricia Wolff, American Farm Bureau senior director of congressional relations, says the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act has many positive aspects for agriculture. Michelle Rook / Special to Forum News Service
    Tax reform positive for farmers, ranchers
    SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A few weeks after Congress passed the most sweeping tax reform in decades, farmers are working with their tax professionals...
    business/agricultureFebruary 26, 2018 - 7:27am
    February 19, 2018
    Justin Zahradka, a student from NDSU, stands inside the cattle pen on his family farm in Lawton, ND on December 28, 2015. Nick Nelson / Forum News Service
    What FFA meant to him: Young farmer sees big benefits
    LAWTON, N.D. — Justin Zahradka says that when he was a high school freshman, "I was the kind of kid who sat in the back of the class and...
    business/agricultureFebruary 19, 2018 - 7:00am
    February 16, 2018
    A John Deere combine on Nov. 25, 2017. Bloomberg photo by Carla Gottgens.
    Deere & Co. raises sales forecast amid signs of farm recovery
    Deere & Co., the world's largest farm machine maker, raised its full-year sales forecast, and there's reason to believe that good news will...
    business/agricultureFebruary 16, 2018 - 10:28am
    February 12, 2018
    Forum News Service file
    USDA: Farm profits to fall in 2018
    U.S. agriculturalists on balance will make less money in 2018 than they did in 2017, a new government report projects. Farm-sector profits will...
    business/agricultureFebruary 12, 2018 - 6:11am
    February 1, 2018
    Minnesota Vikings receiver Stefon Diggs grabs lug nuts to change a tractor tire with California farmer J.J. Nunes, left, in the Land O’ Lakes Farm Bowl at the 3M Arena at Mariucci in Minneapolis on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018. Andy Greder / Pioneer Press
    Diggs has sliver of solace in winning Farm Bowl
    ST PAUL—Stefon Diggs savored a few morsels of solace Thursday, Feb. 1. The Vikings wide receiver received the loudest cheers when introduced...
    newsFebruary 1, 2018 - 7:22pm
    January 31, 2018
    Billy Euerle visits the barn north of Garfield where he ran Heart and Soul Dairy. Tough milk prices were among factors that forced him to walk away from the farm last year. Karen Tolkkinen / Forum News Service
    Empty barns: Prolonged low milk prices pressuring dairy farms to fold
    ALEXANDRIA, Minn.—There wasn't really a last straw that made Billy Euerle walk away from his Garfield dairy farm last year. Things had...
    business/agricultureJanuary 31, 2018 - 4:42pm
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