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Ag hopes Indo-Pacific talks offer way back in after failed TPP

Withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership was a mistake as it relates to America’s broader economic and national security interests, especially for building U.S. agricultural trading markets and countering China’s strength in southeast Asia, shared former Senators Max Baucus and Pat Roberts. However, the Biden administration’s starting of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework offers a way to […]

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$1.1b beef and bison processing facility planned for South Dakota

Kingsbury & Associates and Sirius Realty of Rapid City, S.D. and Greenville, S.C., have announced plans to construct an 8,000 head per day processing facility in Western South Dakota. The 1-million square foot facility will process beef and include a specialty bison line. The companies are currently in the research and development phase of the […]

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Survey finds Americans ready to grill; 48% let fresh meat go to waste

According to a new Harris Poll conducted on behalf of Omaha Steaks, 76% of Americans plan to grill out more during the next six months. America’s ‘Original Butcher’ surveyed 2,000 U.S. adults going into the summer season to better understand attitudes and anticipated behaviors towards grilling, cooking, buying and eating meat.   The results found eight […]

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20 facts about the Queen you (probably) didn’t know

In 2015, Elizabeth II passed the milestone set by Queen Victoria to become Britain’s longest-serving monarch. In 2022, she became the first British monarch to Platinum Jubilee. Here we reveal 20 facts about the Queen you probably didn’t know. She’s allergic to cats She’s our 40th monarch since William the Conqueror She doesn’t have a […]

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The Queen in pictures from Country Life

8 of the best frontispiece pictures of Elizabeth II from Country Life. Over the last century, one of the most frequent subjects on our frontispiece page has been Queen Elizabeth II. Throughout her life we have offered snapshots into the life of a young princess, a keen horsewoman and a reigning Queen who in 2015, overtook her […]

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The mysterious sea of bluebells that appeared on Exmoor

A remote part of Exmoor has burst into springtime colour for the first time in centuries. A mysterious sea of bluebells has sprung up over a hilltop on Exmoor, a beautiful echo of the woodland that once covered the spot centuries ago. A new 12-hectare (30- acre) wood is planned for the site, known as […]

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Farm Progress America, June 1, 2022

Max Armstrong shares the value of the semi-tractors on the farm from tending to hauling grain to market. A hot trucking market and delays in delivery of new trucks has the price of used trucks have skyrocketed. Max shares some startling price increases for those units, however recent truck auction prices have started to decline. […]

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Photos at Pasture Research Update | The Land

Other speakers included Dr Lindsay Bell is a Principal Research Scientist with CSIRO Agriculture and Food based in Toowoomba, Queensland, who spoke about improving the use of forage brassicas in mixed farming systems and Richard Hayes, NSW DPI, asked the question – To cover crop or not – a serious issue so what are the […]

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