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Growing Season Timeline: Moore Farm, Roseville, Illinois

Ron Moore|Feb 1, 2016

Ron Moore - Roseville, Illinois December 7, 2015 This week, we are doing some repair work on the grain table for next year’s harvest. We’re…

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This is Harvest

USSEC Staff Writer|Jan 19, 2015

Harvesting a Crop That’s Sustainable for the World, Future Generations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQ0JzlktdKM Hartke Swine Center, Inc., is a family farm located in Teutopolis, Illinois, right in…

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Harvest was a little challenging this year

Dwain Ford|Dec 1, 2014

Harvest was a little challenging this year because it started raining once harvest began. With the large crop we had this year, the elevator had…

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Harnessing Rivers to Move U.S. Soy

USSEC Staff Writer|Jun 26, 2014

Winding through the croplands of the Midwestern United States, several mighty rivers not only shape the landscape but also the movement of U.S. Soy. The…

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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…

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Amputee Warns Farmers Not To Cut Corners On Farm Safety

USSEC Staff Writer|May 16, 2014

It was mostly operator error, as most farm accidents are, Chip Petrea says of a mishap that changed his life forever. “I was pushing some…

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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…

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Farm Family Tracks Soybean Yield Growth Through Five Decades

USSEC Staff Writer|Oct 5, 2013

It’s not often that three generations agree on what the future holds, but that’s exactly what happened when the owners of Meyer Farms recently discussed…