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Farm Equipment Chairman Frank Lessiter Completes New Book on History of No-Tillage

From Maverick to Mainstream: A History of No-Till Farming is a beautiful full-color, hardbound book including over 400+ pages, 650 photos and another 125 visuals.
October 18, 2018
Frank Lessiter, founder of Lessiter Media, the publisher of Farm Equipment, has just completed From Maverick to Mainstream: A History of No-Till Farming. It serves as a lasting reminder of how innovations, and their determined personal champions like those profiled in the book, can make a difference — through grit, learning and sharing, and the encouragement and support of others.
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CoBank Report Says Rising Output Compressing Agricultural Margins

October 12, 2018

The latest Quarterly Rural Economic Review from CoBank’s Knowledge Exchange division indicates that any significant farm price improvements over last year’s prices will be limited, particularly with record U.S. yields for many of the major crop commodities adding to available supply levels.


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Trade War to Cost Alfalfa Producers $377M

October 12, 2018 | Posted in Commodities
China buys about 1.2 million metric tons of U.S. hay per year. It’s the number one export market for alfalfa hay and is second to only Japan for U.S. hay. The demand for hay mostly comes from dairies in China. The summer months are often down for trade as China is able to produce their own hay, but they rely on the U.S. in the fall and winter.
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Impacts of Trade Tensions on Dealers

North American Dealers Expect Trade Tensions Will Hurt Business

October 9, 2018 | Posted in Data & Trends
Over the past several months, the U.S. has enacted tariffs on other nations and those countries have in turn retaliated with trade restrictions of their own. This prompted Ag Equipment Intelligence editors to add a question regarding these trade disputes as part of the 2019 Dealer Business Outlook & Trends survey.
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