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Madison Daily Leaderhome : news : news : farm
Growers making up for lost time in planting corn
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Corn growers in the nation's midsection have been busy making up for lost time in getting their corn crop in the ground, after having to endure a wet spring that slowed seasonal planting to its slowest rate in decades.

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Above-normal temps, dry soil help S.D. farmers
SIOUX FALLS (AP) -- Above-normal temperatures and drier soils accelerated spring planting across South Dakota.

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CRP faces challenges as next signup period looms
FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- Last fall, for the fourth straight year, Thief River Falls, Minn., farmer Ken Asp chose not to re-enroll some of his farmland in the Conservation Reservation Program.

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Future heads of family farms dig into financials
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -- Jake Anderson didn't have to delve too deep into the University of Missouri's agricultural economics program before realizing he was destined to return to the 1,500-acre family farm. After all, that's been the Anderson family trade since 1891, when his great-great grandfather came to Callaway County from Sweden.

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