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2025.07.15
The New Base Acre Provisions in the 2025 Farm Bill
This article continues the discussion begun in the July 1, 2025, farmdoc daily of the new base acre provision in the 2025 Farm Bill. The provision is systematically laid out.
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2025.07.14
Digital Selection Tools to Optimize Seeds for Your Fields
Selecting the right seed doesn’t have to be rigorous trial and error. Digital seed selection tools unite field data, artificial intelligence (AI), and human expertise, so you can make the right choices for your field.
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2025.07.11
USDA Suspends Mexican Livestock Imports Days After Port Reopening
The Agriculture Department said Wednesday evening that the U.S. would be closing the southern border to livestock trade, effective immediately, after reports that New World screwworm has resumed its northward spread.
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2025.07.10
FAO Investment Days 2025 focuses on more and better agrifood jobs
Boosting investments in agrifood systems is a powerful lever to improve lives and can address the “alarming gap” of employment opportunities facing the 1.2 billion young people expected to enter the job market in the next decade.
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2025.07.09
Sites in the Republic of Korea, Portugal and Tajikistan recognized as Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems
An integrated mountain agropastoral system in Tajikistan has become the first Central Asian addition to the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems, with a pine tree agroforestry system.
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2025.07.08
Soybeans Close Down More Than 28¢ | Monday, July 7, 2025
December corn ended the day down 16¼¢ at $4.20¾ per bushel.November soybeans closed down 28½¢ at $10.20¾ per bushel.
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2025.07.07
Alongside President Trump in Iowa, Secretary Rollins Called for Celebration of America by Recognizing America 250 at State Fairs Across the Nation
Trump held a massive celebration on the eve of Independence Day at the Iowa State Fairgrounds where he launched the year-long Great American State Fair in celebration of America’s 250th birthday.
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2025.07.04
The Status of Youth in Agrifood Systems: New FAO report shines light on pitfalls and prospects for 1.3 billion young people
With 1.3 billion individuals aged 15 to 24 globally, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has released a comprehensive report titled “The Status of Youth in Agrifood Systems.
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2025.07.03
If One Is Good, Two Must Be Better: The Tandem Tractor Era
This article was written by my grandfather several years ago before he passed away. I recently found it and made a few modifications to his original manuscript. He left a note on it stating he hoped to have it published.
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2025.07.02
Tar Spot Infects Corn Crops in 5 Indiana Counties
The latest Crop Protection Network map shows positive cases of tar spot have been reported in five Indiana counties so far this growing season. First reported in the U.S. in 2015, there is a history of the disease in all 92 Indiana counties.