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Costlier to plant, pickier about weather, corn loses ground to soybeans in Illinois, Iowa this season Illinois, Iowa farmers eye soybeans as potentially profitable compared to corn Skip to main ...
The harvest of the record-large soybean crop was 67% complete by Oct. 13, the fastest pace since 2012, when a major drought limited production. ... USA TODAY. Watch baby slowly go from happy to ...
The soybean checkoff is a congressionally-mandated assessment on soybeans, whose proceeds are used to fund soybean research and promotion efforts. The checkoff is managed by the United Soybean Board under the supervision of the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service. In 2014, the checkoff was $109.1 million. [1]
Between 1930 and 1942, the United States' share of world soybean production grew from 3% to 47%, and by 1969 it had risen to 76%. By 1973 soybeans were the United States' "number one cash crop, and leading export commodity, ahead of both wheat and corn". [8] Although soybeans developed as the top cash crop, corn also remains as an important ...
As of 2017 Chicago had the highest state and local sales tax rate for a U.S. city with a populations above 200,000, at 10.250%. [188] The state of Illinois has the second highest rate of real estate tax: 2.31%, which is second only to New Jersey at 2.44%. [189] Toll roads are a de facto user tax on the citizens and visitors to the state of ...
Community members continue to mourn the death of 18-year-old Bryce Gerlach, who was killed in a shooting outside the 2024 Harvest Homecoming Festival in New Albany, Indiana Saturday.
Prices for commodities such as corn, soybeans, milk and meat had shrunk by around half between 2012 and 2020. [9] Flooding in Nebraska in 2019. Farm debt had increased by around a third since 2007, rising to levels last experienced in the 1980s. Interest rates rose from single digits to 21.5% in 1981. [6]
2001: First planter bulk fill system debuts. 1050 Harvest Commander Grain Cart is introduced. 2003: The iconic rotating planter yard art display is unveiled on Kinze's front yard. 2004: The introduction of the giant 36-row, 30" row spaced planter enabled farmers to plant up to 1000 acres a day.