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  • Economic Review of Milk Costs in 2024 and Projections for 2025 and 2026
    Higher milk prices coupled with lower feed costs still resulted in positive cash returns but continued negative economic returns for Illinois dairy producers in 2024, according to figures summarized by…
  • Crop Machinery Investment
    This article examines crop machinery investment and net annual investment per acre for various crop farm sizes. Larger farms tend to have lower benchmarks with regard to crop investment per acre and spend less on a per acre basis on machinery and equipment. The large differences in crop machinery investment and net investment per acre […]

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ROM BEANS TO BURGERS, FOOD IS GETTING MORE EXPENSIVE

General Mills Inc., Campbell Soup Co., Unilever, and J.M. Smucker Co. are among food makers raising prices at supermarkets. Restaurants including Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. and Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc. have raised menu prices. Executives say they expect more price increases this summer as costs remain elevated for labor, commodities and transport. (Wall Street Journal)

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BIDEN ADMINISTRATION BEGINS REWRITE OF WATER RULE

On Wednesday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Department of the Army announced their intent to revise the definition of “waters of the United States,” claiming a broad array of stakeholders are seeing “destructive impacts to critical water bodies under the 2020 rule established under the Trump administration.” Ag stakeholders hope EPA Administrator Michael Regan can offer viable middle ground on what constitutes a water of the U.S. (Feedstuffs)

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THIS FARM GIRL COOKS AND BLOGS

Dekalb County, Illinois, farmer turned her “field meals” into a recipe blog that has attracted thousands of fans. Deanne Frieders said she didn’t expect to marry a farmer, and had no idea what a field meal was when her husband asked if she wanted to help out. Now, her recipe blog, ThisFarmGirlCooks.com, has readers from as far away as Australia. (WGN Radio)

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FARMER SHARES HIS HERITAGE WITH ALL

WCIA’s Harvest Heritage series usually focuses on a family whose heritage in agriculture is passed down from one generation to the next. But for this story, they’ll introduce you to farmer Larry Dallas, who shares his heritage with all other farmers, as well as non-farmers. (WCIA)  

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