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U.S. Cropland Cash Rents Hit All-Time High
U.S. Cropland Cash Rents Hit All-Time High

For 2022, the national average for cash rents on cropland is $148 per acre. That’s up $7 from last year and eclipsed the previous high of 2015’s $144 per acre.

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From Cow Pasture to Baseball Birthplace – Travel the American Countryside
From Cow Pasture to Baseball Birthplace – Travel the American Countryside

The small village of Cooperstown is arguably the most important place to travel for fans of one sport. How did it become such a draw? It all goes back to one man’s cow pasture...

Sara Schafer
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“Not About The Cow, But The How” Carbon Program Pays Ranchers $200k
“Not About The Cow, But The How” Carbon Program Pays Ranchers $200k

Grassroots Carbon has provided payment to 10 Texas ranchers for their adoption of reversative grazing pastures which have resulted in nature-based, measured, verified and certified carbon credits.

Margy Eckelkamp
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Grassroots Carbon Targets Grazing and Pastureland
Grassroots Carbon Targets Grazing and Pastureland

“We like to say that the program isn’t about the cow, but the how,” says Lauren Miller, VP Carbon Footprint Solutions at Grassroots Carbon. “Our aim is to scale up the restoration of prairie grasslands..."

Margy Eckelkamp
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From Emergency Haying and Grazing to Increased Salinity on Stock Dams, Drought Brings Challenges for Ranchers
From Emergency Haying and Grazing to Increased Salinity on Stock Dams, Drought Brings Challenges for Ranchers

AgDay’s Clinton Griffiths reports that evaporation has increased the salinity in stock dams in South Dakota, some to lethal levels for livestock.

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Late Harvest Causes Some Forage Issues For Livestock Producers
Late Harvest Causes Some Forage Issues For Livestock Producers

The historically late harvest is causing more problems and not just for farmers but livestock producers. AgDay National Reporter Betsy Jibben has more on the final stop on the I-80 Harvest Tour.

Betsy Jibben