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Safety, accessibility key to successful fall agritourism
COLUMBUS, Ohio – While producers welcome the fall season and visitors to their farms, all realize that the COVID-19 pandemic lurks and is forcing some unprecedented challenges for these agritourism operations.
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Apple Farm Service continues blue tractor donation in Clark County
If you are a regular at the Clark County Fairgrounds or the Champions Expo Center, you might notice another blue tractor making the rounds around the grounds.
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New cover crop tool helps farmers select right variety
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A new cover crop selection tool will help farmers select the right variety for their individual fields, according to the Midwest Cover Crops Council (MCCC).
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Southwest Iowa renewable energy company to receive USDA grant
DES MOINES, Iowa – The USDA is making a $250,000 investment to help Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy (SIRE), LLC, purchase and install equipment to improve energy efficiency, and lower energy costs at its ethanol production facility.
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Lock and dam work wrapping up
UTICA, Ill. – As work continued on the Starved Rock Lock and Dam at Utica on Oct. 11, contractors were putting finishing touches on repair work further down the Illinois River at the Peoria and LaGrange locks. The reopening of the Peoria and LaGrange locks meant barges will soon be seen transporting harvest grain and other farm commodities on the Illinois River from Peoria to the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers.
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Chick hatchery cracks but doesn’t break with consumer demand
ZEELAND, Mich. – Things are just now returning to normal at a Michigan chick hatchery keeping layers in production like a slot machine to meet skyrocketing demand brought on by COVID-19.
Much of the increase for orders was from individuals wanting to make sure they could put food on the table because of shortages at grocery stores early in the pandemic.
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Hawaii sets record for marine sales
HONOLULU (AP) — Farm-raised marine animal sales in Hawaii last year reached $83.2 million, breaking a record, a new federal report said.
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Farmers Feeding the Flock helps the hungry; promotes ag
GREENSBURG, Ind. – A 35-acre soybean field near Greensburg had a multipurpose role this year – to help feed the hungry, to teach the community about row crop faming and to promote agriculture in Decatur County.
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Contaminated baby
food leads to arrest of UK sheep farmer 
LONDON (AP) – A sheep farmer has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for his plot to use baby food laced with metal shards to blackmail one of Britain’s biggest supermarket chains.
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Flail chopper probably not the donation college was looking for
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