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Input costs for 2009 are projected to be two to three times higher than previous years, according to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) Extension. To help producers keep their heads above water during these challenging times, UNL Extension is offering online resources targeted to decrease production costs.
Learn, watch and read more about Poet’'s Project Liberty and their goal of cellulosic ethanol.
Learn more about the “Million-Dollar Farms in the New Century” by USDA’s Economic Research Service.
Visit the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s site on weather and climate. You’ll find maps, tornado data, climate change and more.
Read more about succession planning and Farm Journal Media’'s Legacy Project.
Listen in as Farm Journal Machinery Editor Margy Fischer visits with Kinze Manufacturing’s father-and-daughter leadership team Jon Kinzenbaw and Susanne Veatch.
Read the full report from the University of Minnesota.
See how ethanol plants and all grain buyers compare in basis prices.
Racehorse flats is what the locals call the area where I grew up in Illinois. There are a variety of reasons for that moniker, but I generally correlate it with the insanity that occurs when area farmers try to be first to the field come spring.
The reality of taxes is that they are a longterm strategy, and farmers can utilize them in their business to a competitive advantage, says Lance Fulton, tax consultant with Kennedy & Coe.
Use the following link to find more information about agricultural transportation.
Use these two sites to learn more about assessing your financial health.
Check out these books and resources for more information on passing along your intangible legacy.
Here are some tools that can make your field scouting effective, and more comfortable.
Listen to Adam Davis, invasive weed management research ecologist for USDA Agricultural Research Service, describe what farmers need to know about this invasive species.
Use these links to find more information on the Milk Income Loss Contract program and Cooperatives Working Together.
See Farm Journal Editor Pam Smith’'s video and audio reports during the the Bayer CropScience Herbicide Innovation Tour.
Use these previous Farm Journal stories to learn more about variable-rate technology.
See a model of the soybean aphid’'s life cycle and another helpful photo.
The following are carbon sequestration methods on agricultural lands, grasslands, rangelands, and forested lands.