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Falling in love is the easy part; God talks about staying in love
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Courageous border collie wins Midwest Farm Dog of the Year from AFBF
BELVIDERE, Ill. — Rayne, a six-year-old border collie who helps keep a small herd of Belted Galloway cows in line on her owner’s Belvidere farm has been recognized as one of the country’s top farm dogs. Owned by Juile and Terry Willis of Sunnybrook Farms, the dog was the Midwest Region winner of Nestle-Purina’s “Farm Dog of the Year” competition during the American Farm Bureau Federation’s virtual annual convention, held in January.
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U.S. dairy exports remain 4 percent ahead of previous record
ARLINGTON, Va. – Despite year-over-year volume growth ending after 14 straight months, U.S. dairy exports remain 4 percent ahead of the previous record, with one month to go, according to a new report by the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC).
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NFMS, tractor pull postponed until 2022
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The National Farm Machinery Show (NFMS) and Championship Tractor Pull has been postponed until Feb. 16-19, 2022. Despite initially planning to continue the shows this March, the ongoing uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic has led show management to make the difficult decision to postpone events until next year.
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New study looks at success of business start-ups in rural towns

AMES, Iowa – A new Iowa State University (ISU) study takes a look at which factors encourage or discourage new business start-ups in small rural towns, and suggests policy implications for addressing economic distress in these towns, using Iowa as an example.
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USDA offers incentive for CRP for forest management
INDIANAPOLIS – The USDA is making available $12 million for use in making payments to forest landowners with land enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) in exchange for their implementing healthy forest management practices. Existing CRP participants can now sign up for the Forest Management Incentive (FMI), which provides financial incentives to landowners with land in CRP to encourage proper tree thinning and other practices.
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China misses Phase 1 projection
Final data has been tallied and as expected, China failed to reach its Phase 1 import obligations. Data indicates China imported $100 billion of U.S. products in 2020. This was just 58 percent of the agreed upon $173 billion. The question now is if China will be able to meet the second stage of the agreement that calls for even more imports. A bigger question may be if the United States can supply more products, especially commodities.
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Washington ag industry, Asks for vaccine priorty
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The agriculture industry is asking Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee to move migrant farmworkers and food factory workers closer to the front of the line for the coronavirus vaccine because they perform work that cannot be delayed or performed remotely.
A letter sent to Inslee and signed by the heads of 14 agriculture trade groups said vaccinations offer the greatest hope for reducing COVID-19 risk among food and agricultural workers and their families.
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Imports from Mexico, S. America a concern of U.S. blueberry growers
GRAND JUNCTION, Mich. – Blueberries are health-beneficial and in high demand these days. Nearly 690 million pounds of cultivated and wild blueberries were produced in the United States last year. But this scrumptious fruit that is no larger than a marble might be the center of a border war of sorts – blueberry imports.
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Webinars provide insights into rise in corn and soybean markets
URBANA, Ill. – U.S. corn and soybean markets have been on a tear since bottoming in mid-August, with both markets increasing over 30 percent in just three months, according to two University of Illinois agricultural economists.
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