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A lot of money is spent on televised medication advertising these days, and most of the medications have some nasty side effects. Of course, the narrator goes through those side effects really fast (if at all) so you don’t really know what could pos… agupdate.com/farmandranchgui…
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Wireless LoRa (long range) devices from Semtech Corporation use the non-licensed Long Range Wide Area Network (LoRaWAN) with the cloud to help producers monitor cattle health, as well as fertility and water conditions in the soil. agupdate.com/farmandranchgui…
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Dear Michael: We have been holding off on our estate planning – waiting to see what the government is going to do about new taxes. We would like to know what the tax implications are going to be before we go ahead with our planning. Do you think thi… agupdate.com/farmandranchgui…
Richard had sold his nice ranch and retired into town life, but soon found out he was still too young and healthy to just mark another day off the calendar, plus he still had that rural country itch. So when Paul retired from that short haul, commer… agupdate.com/farmandranchgui…
North Dakota harvest was starting and stopping during the second week of October as more rain showers impacted the state. Rain from 0.5 inches to 1.5 inches fell on Oct. 13 in some areas, with some of the first snow of the season reported in the far… agupdate.com/farmandranchgui…
While soybean producers are making good headway with this year’s harvest – it was about 50 percent complete after the first full week in October – prices haven’t kept pace, although they are still very good historically. agupdate.com/farmandranchgui…
The USDA issued a crop production report on Oct. 12 that included first estimates of canola production and acreage for the 2021 growing season. The report said production for 2021 is forecast at 2.35 billion pounds, down 32 percent from 2020 product… agupdate.com/farmandranchgui…
Since the end of September and into the first couple weeks of October, spring wheat nearby futures prices for Minneapolis have slowly and steadily climbed. As of Oct. 12, futures were at $9.45 and that put cash prices around the region anywhere from… agupdate.com/farmandranchgui…
Harvest of this year’s corn crop is progressing ahead of average and yields thus far have been a bit better than expected, especially given the dry conditions in the Northern Plains this growing season. agupdate.com/farmandranchgui…