North America

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Sustainability—A Generational Farm’s Purpose

USSEC Staff Writer|Oct 21, 2014

Bainbridge Farm Ethan, South Dakota When it comes to sustainability, most U.S. farmers are doing everything they can to maintain the land, resources and fertility…

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100+ Years of Change

USSEC Staff Writer|Jun 16, 2014

As farmers who’ve lived on and farmed the same property for over a hundred years, the Hayes family knows more than just a little bit…

Kindred
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Rain Slows Harvest

USSEC Staff Writer|Oct 23, 2013

This week Ron Kindred, a soybean farmer and chair of the Illinois Soybean Association Marketing Committee shared that while rain has slowed down his soybean…

Jared Hagert on his farm in Emerado, ND
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Snow Left Moist Start for Week

USSEC Staff Writer|Oct 23, 2013

This week Jared Hagert is still harvesting his soybean crop, with a little more than one thousand acres left to go. It’s been wet in…

Kemp field
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High Yield Despite Rain

USSEC Staff Writer|Oct 15, 2013

This week USB farmer-leader Keith Kemp shared with us that it’s one of his best soybean yielding years. Currently he is finishing-up soybean harvest despite…

Bob Henry Farm in Robinson, KS
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Corn Harvesting Week

USSEC Staff Writer|Oct 15, 2013

While the soybeans are not quite ready to come out of the fields on Bob Henry’s farm, corn harvest is underway this week. Bob reported…

Randy Mann Family on their farm in Auburn, KY
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Preparing for Harvest

USSEC Staff Writer|Oct 10, 2013

This week we caught up with Randy Mann, a soybean farmer from Auburn, Ky. Mann says he has been busy harvesting corn, and he’s also…

Laura
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Harvesting Soybeans

USSEC Staff Writer|Oct 7, 2013

This week Laura shared with us that her farm will begin harvesting their soybeans and that they will be a high-quality product. Q: What are…