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| Livestock, poultry sectors brace for high feed costs |
| PEORIA, Ill. — Beef and dairy cattle producers, along with pork and poultry farmers, are bracing for higher feed costs this year. It’s a predictable economic consequence of the high futures prices currently enjoyed by growers of soybeans and corn. |
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| Meat sales last year up nearly 20 percent |
| SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Overall meat dollar sales in 2020 during the pandemic increased 18.4 percent, and volume sales grew 10.3 percent, which is 20 percent above 2019 levels, according to data compiled by IRI, and reported by Anne-Marie Roerink, president of 210 Analytics, LLC. |
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| Michigan Corn Growers Association elects new officers |
| LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan Corn Growers Association (MCGA) has elected a new slate of officers to lead the organization. The following board members were elected to serve two-year terms as officers: |
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| Allendale: Increased corn, soybean production won’t cause big boost in supply |
| MCHENRY, Ill. – Despite projected increases in corn and soybean production this year, the total supply of both crops isn’t expected to change much, according to the chief strategist for Allendale, Inc. |
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Woodford, Kane county farm bureaus among 12 honored by AFBF
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| Two Illinois County Farm Bureaus were among 12 in the nation selected as winners in the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) County Activities of Excellence (CAE) Award. The Woodford County Farm Bureau (WCFB), headquartered in Eureka (county population 38,664), and the Kane County Farm Bureau (KCFB), located in St. Charles (county population 534,216), each had winning programs featured during the virtual 2021 AFBF Annual Conference, Jan. 10-13. |
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| Study: Crop diversity does not sacrifice yield |
| AMES, Iowa – A new study by Iowa State University (ISU) agronomists shows crop diversity does not sacrifice yield. |
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| Grants for Michigan county fair building improvements less than those of 2019 |
| LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan Dept. of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) has announced its next cycle of county fairs and exhibitions grants, a yearly round of grants that did not happen in 2020 due to the covid-19 outbreak in Michigan. |
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| Stander Preserve battle raises concerns for similar properties |
| REILY TOWNSHIP, Ohio – Farmers or land owners who are considering selling their property to a park or other entity with the goal of preserving the land need to be very careful of what they sign, said Andy Dillhoff, who with his wife, Sarah, and other neighbors, have been leading an effort to bring attention to this situation, because of the late Stander family. |
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Dangerous collaboration ahead
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| My head is spinning as I think about the nutritional needs of humans and the artificial food mess that is marketed as whole and healthy in the lovely new collaboration between Beyond Meat, Inc. and PepsiCo. |
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| Grandpa’s syrup camp holds treasured memories |
| Starting sometime in the early 1900s, my Grandfather Harry “Jack” Spaulding ran a huge syrup camp in Southern Rush County. The syrup camp and gathering the maple sap was an early spring ritual to make maple syrup and maple sugar for the year to come. Any excess syrup was sold or bartered for necessary goods |
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