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• 1 Split Shaft and 13 possible attachments

  12-04-2024 23:02 via farms.com
  The Makita Split Shaft Power features the ability to start the machine and gradually increase the speed to eliminate start up shock.
  
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• Tilman Fertitta's master chef receives prestigious French agriculture award - CultureMap Houston

  12-04-2024 23:00
  
  Tilman Fertitta's master chef receives prestigious French agriculture award  CultureMap Houston
  
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• Hands-on opportunities for teens offered at 4-H Agriculture Symposium at UMaine - PenBayPilot.com

  12-04-2024 23:00
  
  Hands-on opportunities for teens offered at 4-H Agriculture Symposium at UMaine  PenBayPilot.com
  
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• Bellville's Tilton earns Oklahoma State agriculture scholarship - Richland Source

  12-04-2024 22:20
  
  Bellville's Tilton earns Oklahoma State agriculture scholarship  Richland Source
  
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• Board Changes and Compensation Terms at African Agriculture Holding - TipRanks.com - TipRanks

  12-04-2024 22:18
  
  Board Changes and Compensation Terms at African Agriculture Holding - TipRanks.com  TipRanks
  
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• Harris sticks with Agriculture spending, Amodei likely to head DHS panel - Roll Call

  12-04-2024 21:41
  
  Harris sticks with Agriculture spending, Amodei likely to head DHS panel  Roll Call
  
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• OKFB members elevate voice of agriculture in Washington, D.C. - Oklahoma Farm Bureau

  12-04-2024 21:20
  
  OKFB members elevate voice of agriculture in Washington, D.C.  Oklahoma Farm Bureau
  
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• Minister's visit highlights Brock's commitment to sustainable agriculture - Brock University

  12-04-2024 20:56
  
  Minister's visit highlights Brock's commitment to sustainable agriculture  Brock University
  
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• Texas Agriculture Chief Says Bird Flu Concerns Are ‘Overhyped’ - BNN Bloomberg

  12-04-2024 20:52
  
  Texas Agriculture Chief Says Bird Flu Concerns Are ‘Overhyped’  BNN Bloomberg
  
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• New Mexico Dept. of Agriculture warns of feed recalls in nearby states - KRQE News 13

  12-04-2024 20:47
  New Mexico Dept. of Agriculture warns of feed recalls in nearby states  KRQE News 13
  
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• Pulse Market Insight #250

  12-04-2024 20:21 via farms.com
  Even though there are still three months left in the 2023/24 marketing year, most of the focus is on next year’s crop. Most of last year’s crop has already been sold but some farmers are still holding old-crop supplies that need to be marketed. At this time of year, the opportunities and risks for remaining old-crop supplies are magnified.The relationship between old-crop and new-crop bids is an important signal about how much risk and how much opportunity is left as the marketing ye
  
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• US Corn Ending Stocks Down on Greater Ethanol, Feed Demand

  12-04-2024 20:18 via farms.com
  The USDA has trimmed its 2023-24 US corn ending stocks estimate from last month amid heavier ethanol and feed demand. In its latest monthly supply-demand estimates Thursday, the USDA pegged ending stocks at 2.122 billion bu, down 50 million from the March projection but still well above the previous year’s 1.36 billion. The USDA number was above the average pre-report trade guess of 2.109 billion, with futures trading 3-4 cents lower following the report’s noon ET release. On the dem
  
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• Map: Late Season Snow Improves Saskatchewan Runoff Conditions

  12-04-2024 20:11 via farms.com
  Late season snowfalls at the end of March have improved spring runoff conditions in Saskatchewan, even as moisture levels in many areas of the province remain below, or well below normal levels. In its latest spring runoff update on Friday (see map below), the Saskatchewan Water Security Agency said a mid-March snowstorm increased the expected additional runoff volumes to some degree across southern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan. Much of this area across both provinces was snow
  
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• Livestock expansion unlikely until 2025, economists say

  12-04-2024 20:00 via farms.com
  Despite some market signals that usually result in expansion, cattle and hog producers are likely to wait until at least 2025.Numbers are down for a variety of reasons in the cattle industry, says Derrell Peel, Extension livestock marketing economist with Oklahoma State University.Those factors include drought conditions throughout much of the country.“I haven’t seen anything starting despite these record high prices we’re seeing for calves,” he says. “Those price s
  
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• Consistency key to maintaining beef industry value

  12-04-2024 19:57 via farms.com
  In the beef industry, consistency is key to just about everything. From sire and A.I. choices to ration options to market opportunities, producers can add value at each production stage based on their decisions.Garrett Englin, cattle buyer for JBS USA, said consistency is key for packers, too. Speaking at the 2024 Feedlot Forum in northwest Iowa, he told attendees how a current trend is helping.“Having cattle at the same size and same weight is key, and the beef-on-dairy crosses help a gre
  
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• Bird flu detected in NC dairy herd, Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services says - WLOS

  12-04-2024 19:13
  Bird flu detected in NC dairy herd, Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services says  WLOS
  
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• Illinois Department of Agriculture Launches Free Agrichemical Container Recycling Program - Hoodline

  12-04-2024 19:10
  
  Illinois Department of Agriculture Launches Free Agrichemical Container Recycling Program  Hoodline
  
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• Salute to Idaho Agriculture: Plant/flower selection for backyard gardens - KMVT

  12-04-2024 18:53
  Salute to Idaho Agriculture: Plant/flower selection for backyard gardens  KMVT
  
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• Morningside University’s School of Agriculture & Aviation adds an Animal Science minor - KTIV Siouxland's News Channel

  12-04-2024 18:28
  Morningside University’s School of Agriculture & Aviation adds an Animal Science minor  KTIV Siouxland's News Channel
  
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• Salty groundwater in Michigan could hurt agriculture, business and homeowners - Spartan Newsroom

  12-04-2024 18:27
  
  Salty groundwater in Michigan could hurt agriculture, business and homeowners  Spartan Newsroom
  
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• Salute to Idaho Agriculture: Which flowers to plant? - KMVT

  12-04-2024 18:16
  
  Salute to Idaho Agriculture: Which flowers to plant?  KMVT
  
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• Pennsylvania Dept. of Agriculture issues quarantine order for out-of-state dairy cows - WPMT FOX 43

  12-04-2024 17:48
  
  Pennsylvania Dept. of Agriculture issues quarantine order for out-of-state dairy cows  WPMT FOX 43
  
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• USDA NRCS in Arkansas announces sign-up for urban agriculture conservation opportunities - Stuttgart Daily Leader

  12-04-2024 17:15
  
  USDA NRCS in Arkansas announces sign-up for urban agriculture conservation opportunities  Stuttgart Daily Leader
  
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• U.S. agriculture lines up against California locomotive rule - Capital Press

  12-04-2024 17:15
  
  U.S. agriculture lines up against California locomotive rule  Capital Press
  
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• Three Changemakers are Shaping a More Innovative, Sustainable Future for Agriculture - Built In

  12-04-2024 17:00
  
  Three Changemakers are Shaping a More Innovative, Sustainable Future for Agriculture  Built In
  
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• Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on food inflation - CNBC

  12-04-2024 16:23
  
  Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on food inflation  CNBC
  
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• This outlet tells farmers' stories in Nigeria and offers advice for agriculture reporters - International Journalists' Network

  12-04-2024 16:14
  
  This outlet tells farmers' stories in Nigeria and offers advice for agriculture reporters  International Journalists' Network
  
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• FFA members participate in National Agriculture Literacy Day - Times Virginian

  12-04-2024 16:00
  
  FFA members participate in National Agriculture Literacy Day  Times Virginian
  
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• Controlled Environment Agriculture Open House And Greenhouse Tours April 20 At Santa Fe Community College - Los Alamos Daily Post

  12-04-2024 15:54
  
  Controlled Environment Agriculture Open House And Greenhouse Tours April 20 At Santa Fe Community College  Los Alamos Daily Post
  
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• Bird flu continues to spread among U.S. cattle

  12-04-2024 15:27 via farms.com
  Dairy cattle in multiple states have tested positive with highly pathogenic avian influenza
  
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• Advancing global agriculture from the greater Rotterdam-The Hague area - Verticalfarmdaily.com: global indoor farming news

  12-04-2024 14:51
  
  Advancing global agriculture from the greater Rotterdam-The Hague area  Verticalfarmdaily.com: global indoor farming news
  
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• Horticulture Agriculture and Artist Sale on April 17 - Santa Fe College

  12-04-2024 14:50
  
  Horticulture Agriculture and Artist Sale on April 17  Santa Fe College
  
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• 2nd Congressional District: Caroleene Dobson emphasizes agriculture, energy independence • Alabama Reflector - Alabama Reflector

  12-04-2024 14:13
  
  2nd Congressional District: Caroleene Dobson emphasizes agriculture, energy independence • Alabama Reflector  Alabama Reflector
  
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• Organic agriculture is struggling in Vietnam - FreshPlaza.com

  12-04-2024 14:04
  
  Organic agriculture is struggling in Vietnam  FreshPlaza.com
  
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• Japanese Ministry of Agriculture grants new approval for broccoli solutions - FreshPlaza.com

  12-04-2024 14:04
  
  Japanese Ministry of Agriculture grants new approval for broccoli solutions  FreshPlaza.com
  
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• E. Bourassa and Sons Marks a Century of Success: Celebrating 100 Years of Business in Saskatchewan

  12-04-2024 14:03 via farms.com
  E. Bourassa and Sons proudly announces its remarkable milestone of 100 years in business
  
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• Michigan agriculture faces impact of climate change - WLNS

  12-04-2024 14:02
  Michigan agriculture faces impact of climate change  WLNS
  
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• Ontario farmland prices cool down, but still pop 11 % in 2023, FCC says

  12-04-2024 13:32 via farms.com
  Average Ontario farmland prices climbed by almost 11 % in 2023, but only at about half the phenomenal rate of increase measured in 2022, according to a Farm Credit Canada report. Eastern Ontario’s most eastern counties, however, bucked the provincial trend.
  
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• Market Forces Maintaining Food Price Stability: Study

  12-04-2024 13:25 via farms.com
  Market forces have managed to maintain food price stability over the past half century, even in the face of increasingly wild weather, according to a new University of Southampton study. 
  
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• RDAR Invests $2 million to Support the Evolution of FCDC into Western Crop Innovations

  12-04-2024 13:01 via farms.com
  Results-Driven Agriculture Research (RDAR) is investing $2 million to relaunch the Field Crop Development Centre (FCDC) as a new not-for-profit corporation, named Western Crop Innovations (WCI). WCI will focus on barley breeding and agronomy research.WCI will form partnerships with industry in crop and livestock sectors to ensure the production of field-proven crop varieties with the greatest potential to benefit the industry and the Alberta economy, RDAR said in a news release.“It’s
  
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• Markets largely disregard April WASDE - Agweek

  12-04-2024 13:01
  
  Markets largely disregard April WASDE  Agweek
  
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• New Canola Research Aims to Boost Yield, Profitability

  12-04-2024 13:00 via farms.com
  Researchers look to the genes of broccoli and cabbage to increase the genetic diversity of one of Canada’s most important cash crops. New University of Alberta research is expanding the genetic diversity of canola, one of Canada’s most important cash crops.By sifting through the genes of broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage and kale, plant scientist Habibur Rahman and his team plan to pinpoint the best ones for breeding new lines of canola to produce hybrid cultivars with higher seed yield
  
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• Consumer debt hampers growth: EDC

  12-04-2024 12:58 via farms.com
  Canada’s economic growth will remain constrained in 2024, according to Export Development Canada.Gross Domestic Product is expected to expand by a paltry 0.9 per cent. Sizeable debt-servicing requirements have forced the Canadian consumer to focus on saving over spending.“We see an extremely weak consumer, a heavily indebted consumer here in Canada, which is holding back our ability to grow,” said EDC chief economist Stuart Bergman.The debt-to-income ratio in Canada is 187 per
  
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• Saskatchewan Beef Expo provides educational opportunity for 4-H members

  12-04-2024 12:54 via farms.com
  Young cattle producers had a chance to show off what they learned during the tenth annual Saskatchewan Beef Expo.Prairieland Ag Center in Saskatoon, Sask. hosted the three-day event, providing invaluable educational opportunities for 4-H members.Roughly 80 attendees learned techniques and tips on selection, showmanship, and safe handling practices for livestock from Oklahoma clinician Kirk Stierwalt.Prairieland Agriculture Manager Leigh-Ann Hurlburt said they were thrilled to have Stierwalt back
  
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• Grain Grower launch GHG policy recommendations

  12-04-2024 12:53 via farms.com
  Grain Growers of Canada (GGC) have created a set of policy recommendations focused on agricultural practices and climate change.The Road to 2050 is an initiative aimed at shaping federal government programs for the sustainable intensification of the grain sector.GGC Chair Andre Harpe said there are many challenges including the need to feed an expanding global population, address climate concerns, and maintain the economic viability of Canada’s grain farms.“Facing the urgent need to
  
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• Continuing Support for Fruit Growers Affected by Extreme Cold

  12-04-2024 12:50 via farms.com
  Grape and other fruit growers still feeling the effects of the extreme cold weather in February 2023 can apply for funding through Phase 2 of the Polar Vortex Industry Recovery Program.“We knew it would take a number of seasons for farmers to know how much damage was done,” said Agriculture Minister Greg Morrow. “During Phase 1 of the program, we were able to help over a hundred farmers. Now we’re launching Phase 2 to keep that support going as the spring season starts.&r
  
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• The incredible usefulness of unassuming animals - Agweek | #1 source for agriculture news, farming, markets - Jamestown Sun

  12-04-2024 12:34
  
  The incredible usefulness of unassuming animals - Agweek | #1 source for agriculture news, farming, markets  Jamestown Sun
  
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• Third annual Agriculture Success Week at Brownstown Elementary - Seymour Tribune

  12-04-2024 12:30
  
  Third annual Agriculture Success Week at Brownstown Elementary  Seymour Tribune
  
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• 4-H didn't always come easy for this agriculture mentor - Agweek

  12-04-2024 12:30
  
  4-H didn't always come easy for this agriculture mentor  Agweek
  
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• Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig Visited Weiler on Thursday - KNIA KRLS Radio

  12-04-2024 12:04
  
  Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig Visited Weiler on Thursday  KNIA KRLS Radio
  
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