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Farm and Food File: Saul to Paul; Friedman to Keynes
In a nine-page story for The New Republic, Judge Markets Rock declared himself Judge Markets Reek and in one Michael Jordan-like move, Posner dumped Chicago and Friedman for England and John Maynard Keynes.
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Farm Programs: Time to make to crop insurance decisions for 2010
During the next few weeks, many farmers will be finalizing their crop insurance decisions for the 2010 crop year. March 15 is the deadline to purchase crop insurance for the 2010 crop year. Producers need to analyze how crop insurance fits into their risk management and grain marketing strategies for the coming year.
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Cover story: Grain gains — Wheat checkoff passes, to improve genetic research
Because wheat breeding programs are almost exclusively the domain of University breeding programs, more dollars are especially needed to jump-start research.
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Rural unemployment declined throughout 2009
Local banks supporting small business, economic stimulus funds credited for positive impact
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Q&A: Pork producer Sandy Ludeman on ag disconnect
The growing disconnect between agriculture and the non-ag world is stirring up the troops. Recognizing more and more that “if you’re not at the table, you’re likely to be on the menu,” producer groups across the country are going to bat for agriculture.
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Show your love with Minnesota grown flowers
Give a bouquet of fresh flowers grown right here in Minnesota.
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Farm Programs: SURE program available for 2008 crop losses
The new disaster program is intended to replace the need for passage of frequent “ad-hoc” disaster programs after a natural disaster occurs.
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Immigration, imports important issues to lamb producers
Despite ongoing problems with illegal immigration, legal migrant labor continues to be of particular importance to the U.S. sheep industry, in addition to the seasonal workers needed for the many different fruit, vegetable and canning crop industries across the country.
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Today’s implement dealer selling high-tech, not just iron
“We’re no longer just selling iron,” said Paal Haug, general manager of Haug Implement with stores at Willmar and Litchfield. “Today we’re selling precision farming products and that requires special training of both our personnel and our farm customers.”
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Applicator adapts with technology through the years
With more than 250,000 acres of crop application history, Paul Arends with CHS in Marshall has a good understanding of the accuracy his farmer customers expect of him as he wheels either a Terragator dry fertilizer unit, or one of the AgChem liquid units from field to field and farm to farm.
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