Cross-hedging is a marketing tool that producers can use to manage price risk for commodities that do not have a futures contract.
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Field evaluation of water application uniformity is essential for farming operations using center pivot and linear irrigation systems.
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Adjusting particle size tremendously affects feed cost, nutrient digestibility, animal welfare, and overall profitability of poultry...
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Explore the variables involved in using solar power to determine if a solar energy system is the right choice for your farming opera...
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Each growing season, producers must decide how and where to sell their crops. Farmers markets, grocery stores, roadside stands, and wholesal...
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Rhizoma peanut is a perennial legume with high forage yield and quality that can be planted in monoculture or in mixture with grasse...
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As more center pivot irrigation systems are used in the southeast, farmers and consultants must be able to identify their most commo...
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Running a dairy farm is a rewarding but challenging profession that incorporates knowledge and experience of several areas of agricu...
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Many factors can contribute to slug infestations in vegetables. Learn what those factors are and how you can best control and elimin...
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Grazing management plays a crucial role in determining forage production, forage quality, and animal performance in forage-based liv...
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Understanding how to properly measure forage mass to adjust stocking rate can help optimize pasture yield, quality and longevity, an...
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Various scouting methods are used to identify and estimate counts of insect pests in and on plants and soil as part of an integrated...
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