McLean County Farm Bureau

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• Innovations in Research and Extension: The DIRECT4AG Project, Part 1; An Introduction
  A hotter and (mostly) drier fall is capping off a strong growing season helping speed the harvest of an expected bumper crop. In the cab, many farmers are also likely planning for next year; like scientists, they use data, observations, and experience to tweak the formulas for optimal outcomes. To those ends, this article introduces […]
• Shifting Dynamics in Soybean Farm Funding in Brazil
  The financing structure of soybean production costs in Mato Grosso, Brazil’s largest agricultural state, has changed significantly over the past two decades. Funds for operational costs for soybean farmers in…
• Conservation Tradeoff: EQIP in the Inflation Reduction Act and the House Farm Bill
  "For FY2025 — which began Oct. 1 — USDA announced that the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) would make $7.7 billion available to assist with conservation practices, $5.7 billion from the additional funding in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. With Congress in recess for the upcoming November election, the Farm Bill remains stalled, though […]