American Countryside: How John Deere Revolutionized the Iconic Plow American Countryside: How John Deere Revolutionized the Iconic Plow
| | | | | John Deere was a blacksmith who fashioned the iconic plow as a way to help farmers solve a problem. It wasn't until 32 years after Deere passed away that the company started manufacturing tractors. Read More | | |
| | | | | Following a decade with the introduction of societal shifters like the smartphone and rapid expansion of social media, 2020 could be the starting block for the fastest technological race in agricultural history. Read More | | |
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| | | | | Louis Dreyfus Co. is cutting jobs as the embattled agricultural commodities trader tightens its belt amid low profits. Read More | | |
| | | | | While commodity prices, regulations and trade issues make headlines, ag labor remains a broad area of concern for American farmers and ranchers. Finding qualified workers tops the list of those labor concerns, according to a 2019 Farm Journal survey of 2,100 farmers and ranchers. Read More | | |
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| | | | | On December 20th, the President signed into law The Further Consolidated Appropriations Act to fund the government through September. It also contained tax credit provisions for cooperatives. Here is a summary of those provisions. Read More | | |
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| | | | | Statewide, the amount of water contained in the snowpack, known as snow water equivalent, was over 9 inches, or 90% of the January 2nd average. Read More | | |
| | | | | As Bill Murray told the golfing Priest in Caddyshack as he played in a hurricane, "I think you should keep playing, the bad stuff won't be here for quite a while." Welcome 2020 with caution. Read More | | |
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