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Channel Seed helps update barns at Louisa County fairgrounds

Our state's county fairs are at the heart of our local communities, and many of those fairs have been around for a long time. As such, those buildings...

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Tough week of trade in the cattle markets

Across the industry most analysts pointed to the October Cattle on Feed Report as mostly friendly, however the markets this week were anything but pos...

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NASS taking steps to provide more accurate crop numbers

The USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently had to correct the numbers from the September Crop Production Estimates report. Ho...

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USDA estimates diesel tax relief could save agriculture $640 million

USDA says temporary diesel fuel tax relief could save American farmers and transportation operators more than $640 million during the current agricult...

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