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June 20, 2020 Creating a balance sheet is one of the first and most crucial steps when considering the health of your farm and potential changes in your investments. A balance sheet evaluates total assets minus total liabilities, showing an operation’s net worth. The truth is that looking at the balance sheet can give clues to areas of strength or weaknesses.
Keep in mind that MANY factors should be considered... |
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June 18, 2020 CCA Soy Envoy, Ashley McEwen, joins the podcast this week to give an update on soybean planting and replanting from her area of Illinois. We also discuss considerations for those last few acres of beans to be planted. Listen to learn more. ... |
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June 17, 2020 Many make a resolution at the beginning of each year to somehow better themselves. Exercise more, eat less, stop smoking or make more time for friends and family, just to name a few. Most times those resolutions don’t last much through the first day, week or maybe month. There are many reasons why they don’t last, but one that seems to be said the most often is that there weren’t goals and benchmarks along the way. We all have goals... |
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June 14, 2020 Are you able to look at a plant and know exactly which nutrients might be limiting yield this growing season? In some cases, a soybean plant may be deficient in a specific nutrient and exhibit visual symptoms characteristic of that nutrient deficiency. For example, it is not uncommon to observe chlorotic or yellow leaf margins when potassium is limiting a crop. In many situations, however, visual symptoms may not be present, but one or more... |
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June 11, 2020 On June 9 the Illinois Department of Agriculture issued specific guidelines for Illinois for the use of existing stock of dicamba. This follows a decision on June 3, 2020, in National Family Farm Coalition vs. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Case No. 19-70115, where the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a ruling immediately vacating the registrations of Xtendimax®, FeXapan... |
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June 07, 2020 Many farmers in the state of Illinois planted this year’s soybean crop earlier than ever before. Near-perfect soil conditions in early April, coupled with less than favorable memories of 2019, led to widespread planting across the state in the first half of the month. Widespread understanding of the potential yield benefits of planting early also encouraged growers who in some cases finished their soybean planting before even starting corn... |