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Where Have All the Acres Gone?
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The big takeaway from USDA's Planting Intentions Report was the acreage numbers that were down from last year. RCM Director of Risk Management Steve Wagner wants to know where they went. "It begs the question, last year we had 253.8…Planting Season Par For the Course
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Peterson Farms Seed Lead Agronomist Rick Swenson says that it’s business as usual with the planting season just around the corner. "We're not really seeing any big fluctuations in any one thing," Swenson says of seed sales preceding the planting…Next Up For Markets: U.S. Weather
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The USDA planting intentions and stocks reports didn’t bring huge market-moving numbers to the trade, but Total Farm Marketing Market Advisor John Heinberg says the data did have some impact. Corn acres were friendly to the market coming in on…Farmers to Cut Back on Acres
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Global Commodity Analytics President Mike Zuzolo doesn’t think USDA's acreage number is too far out of line. "I think what we can glean from this is that between the bean-corn ratio, the crop insurance base price and the cost of production…Where Did Those Acres Go?
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Acreage numbers were down in the USDA Planting Intentions Report. "With the Prospective Plantings Report, the government will usually find something to surprise us and they did it again," said Steve Wagner, director of risk management, RCM. "The tribe was…Agricult-HER: Rachel Arneson
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Halstad, Minnesota farmer Rachel Arneson will take over operations on her family farm fully in 2024, but that path was not always the vision. It wasn’t until after earning a master's degree in anthropology that Arneson returned to the farm…A New Hire for Ten Acre Marketing
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In a newly created position, Ten Acre Marketing has added Sarah Ardantz to its team. Ardantz is a content creation specialist. Ten Acre Marketing is based in Grand Forks, but Ardantz is part of the agency's expanding footprint in California.Incentives Favored to Address Nitrate Contamination
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The Minnesota legislative session is at the halfway point. The topic of nitrates in groundwater, especially in southeastern Minnesota, has dominated the conversation in the agriculture and environment committees. Minnesota Farm Bureau Public Policy Director Pierce Bennett emphasizes farmers have…Anticipation for an Early Start
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Despite this week’s snow, there are a lot of bare fields in the region. Pioneer District Sales Lead Jesse Moch says the combination of strong winds and warmer weather in the forecast will allow farmers to begin field activity soon. "We're…