Agriculture & Agricultural Markets (Test)
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Ask these questions before slashing herbicide programs
Talkin’ Weeds: It might be tempting to cut back on herbicide programs to save money, but it could cost you more in the long run.
Don’t miss first-ever World Food Prize Iowa Master Farmer panel
Join others interested in agriculture and food issues at an Iowa Master Farmer panel slated for Oct. 21 at the World Food Prize Borlaug International Dialogue in Des Moines.
Price certainty is powerful perk for winter canola
Winter canola is giving Illinois farmers something rare in agriculture: price certainty. Here’s how farmers are growing this crop, plus a look at contracts.
Barn2Door helps rebuild farmer-consumer connection
For almost 12 years, Barn2Door has helped operations like North Dakota’s Bartlett Farms reach urban consumers and build meaningful connections with the families they feed.
Biofuels create consistent local demand farmers need
As tense geopolitics and extreme weather create price volatility, biofuels plants provide U.S. farmers with price support, year-round local demand and stronger basis.
Can your farm shop hold up to winter weather?
Take time early this winter to inspect your shop see what repairs need to be made. Catching problems early can save time, money and pain later on.
FFA Star Farmer builds competitive show cattle genetics at 18
Beau Ann Graves is still making breeding decisions for her farm from her college campus.
Small town steps up to save rare stone-barn treasure
Barn Stories: Built with fieldstones, the Krause barn displays granite, quartz, gneiss and expert 1903 craftsmanship that still stands strong today.
Sunbelt Ag Expo draws new ag tech, innovation to one location
The 48th Sunbelt Ag Expo will run Oct. 20-22 in Moultrie, Ga. More than 800 exhibitors will showcase the latest in ag technology and farming practices.
How to navigate the health insurance landscape as a farm family
Employer plans, ACA marketplace, health care sharing ministries, Farm Bureau plans and direct primary care are all options farmers have for health insurance. Here’s how they stack up.
Milk culturing: Essential for mastitis control or costly step?
Milk culturing may cost you up to €30 per sample
How two Antrim farmers are making livestock management simpler
What started with frustration over paperwork on their own family farms has grown into a livestock
Mart report: Farmer activity up at Ennis weanling sale
The report also noted a “huge mix” of dairy types and continentals in the runner rings
Yanmar just released 3 new models!
Yanmar just released 3 new models, and they are all re-badged TYMs. Yanmar releases its highest horsepower tractor, the SM475 The 75-horsepower SM475 joins the 37-horsepower SM240 and SM240H in the SM series lineup. Details at Equipment World.
Greetings from dusty outback Australia
Hi all, Leon from Coober Pedy, South Australia here. Was pretty happy with a pick and shovel, escaping white collar tech work days to dig on my property. Recently got my first mini excavator, koop 10hp 1t. Now, I'm hooked and have my sights set on a loader or small crawler to help move muck about. Here for tips, tricks and banter! Cheers!
Possibly dumbest question ever - where do I buy attachments?
Seriously. I just bought a used L2501. I’d like to buy quick attach forks, a smaller bucket for the backhoe, some other bits and bobs. But where do I go? My nearest dealer is an hour and a half away and doesn’t have a website that has “shopping” on it. Do I just roll up and start asking for stuff? I know this is a dumb question but we just don’t have the resources around here that it seems most of you have.
LS tractor, low Power
I have r4041 LS tractor 2012 year. I changed out all filters, hydraulic fluid, oil, fuel. Cleaned the fuel tank. To go it struggles initially to get the power to move. Can't push tractor to pick up load of gravel. Once bucket is finally full I can pick up and carry the gravel. Just really hard to pick it up because there is no push power. Any ideas?
TYM T554 parts/service manual
Looking for a PDF of the T554 HST service and parts manual. I know this question has been asked before, but some of the older posts on this website do not have working links anymore. Hawkins Equipment had parts manuals online about two weeks ago, but they sold and I have not heard from the new
New Hunting Ops For LA
All this month, Louisiana residents will have two new hunting opportunities. One for alligators and another for black bellied whistling ducks!
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