African Swine Fever Hits Hard in China
China’s Agriculture Ministry says more than 80 percent of hog farms in China have decided not to replenish herds lost
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Deere to Pay $1 Million for Air Quality Violation
Deere & Co. will pay $1 million for violating air quality standards over a roughly 13-year period at its diesel-engine
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Dealer News
Blanchard Equipment, which operates 15 stores in Georgia and South Carolina, has relocated its Clinton, S.C. dealership to a shuttered
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Both Parties Seek Change Before Ratifying USMCA
Senate Finance Chairman Chuck Grassley and five other leading Republican senators went to the White House last week to level
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USDA Defines Powerful Economic Potential of Rural Broadband
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue last week unveiled a report that put at tens of billions of dollars the economic impact
Read moreAlamo Reports Record-Breaking First Quarter
Alamo Group reported record net income and record net sales for the quarter ended March 31. Net sales increased by
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Shortline Manufacturers Score Well in Annual Dealer Survey
The Equipment Dealers Association (EDA) has released its 2019 Dealer-Manufacturer Relations Survey Report, an annual endeavor that provides agriculture and
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Farmers ‘Severely Behind’ in Planting Corn
USDA reported this week that farmers throughout the Corn Belt are severely behind the five-year average when it comes to planting
Read moreRight-to-Repair Gains More Attention in National Campaigns
In Iowa this week, presidential candidate Bernie Sanders shared policy ideas he believes to be answers to a slumping farm
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Canada to Impose Tariffs on U.S. Products
Canada is threatening new retaliatory tariffs on more U.S. exports if the U.S. tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum are
Read moreKubota Releases Yearly Earnings Report
For the year ended Dec. 31, consolidated revenue for Kubota Corp. increased by 5.7 percent compared to the previous year.
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Midwest Floods Hammer Ethanol Industry, Drive Up Gas Prices
The March floods that punished the U.S. Midwest have trapped barrels of ethanol in the country’s interior, causing shortages of
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Presidential Hopeful Warren Tackles Right to Repair
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) rolled out an extensive agriculture platform during a recent campaign stop in Iowa. It included a
Read moreAg Economy Barometer: Willingness to Invest Improves
Concerns about economic conditions led to a dip in the Ag Economy Barometer from February to March. The Index of
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Changes in Freight May Upend How America Moves Its Stuff
A chronic logjam in a freight yard in Central Illinois has led Norfolk Southern Corp. to rethink how it moves
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Member Company Launches Program Supporting Innovation
Member company K·Coe Isom has announced a program intended to provide entrepreneurs with a more visible platform for their food
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Steel Ingredient Iron Ore Hits Nearly Five-Year High
The price of iron ore, the main ingredient in steel, surged to its highest level in almost five years on
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Majority of Students Underestimate Trade School
A survey of 3,000 young Americans between the ages of 18 and 24 shows that, despite messages from trades industries
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Check Your Inbox: Benchmark Survey On the Way
In our overcrowded inboxes and time-starved days, we make choices about which emails we open. The Association learned during the
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