05/06/2008
Brownfield
Brownfield: Managing for Profit
Strategies to use when wet weather forces late planting
With delayed planting from the wet spring comes the need for efficiency. University of Missouri Extension Agricultural Engineer Bill Casady says producers need strategies to
help make up for lost planting days.
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05/06/2008
Brownfield
Brownfield: Managing for Profit
It takes time to transition
The goal of most family farms is to pass it on to the next generation. Those transitions are more complicated these days and take
years of planning to do them properly.
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05/05/2008
Brownfield
Brownfield: Managing for Profit
Wheat as a forage crop
While some livestock producers are grazing their wheat fields this spring, others, according to Lawrence County Indiana Extension
Educator Dave Redman, are looking to wheat as a forage crop.
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05/01/2008
Brownfield
Brownfield: Managing for Profit
LMA targets key players in JBS-Swift deal
Brazil-based JBS-Swift plans to expand dramatically in the U.S. The Senate will hold a
hearing on that topic next week. But the Livestock Marketing Association held meetings this week with the real decision makers on the planned purchases by JBS-Swift: anti-trust attorneys working for the U.S. Department of Justice.
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04/29/2008
Brownfield
Brownfield: Managing for Profit
Calculating the costs of local food production
The interest in and demand for local foods continues to increase. What can producers of local foods do to
manage their risks when scaling up from farmers markets to selling to retailers and food service?
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04/29/2008
Brownfield
Brownfield: Managing for Profit
Should ethanol be included in our long-term energy plan?
Grain market analyst Scott Stewart says it will be a player for the next decade but it is too
dependent upon the corn market. Economics will determine if the corn should be processed or sold on any given day.
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