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Agri-Pulse update for Monday
Analysts look beyond USDA's planted acreage figure for corn.
Agri-Pulse update for Tuesday
New Farm Credit Administration Chairman says the Farm Credit System stands ready to help borrowers in the Midwest flood zone.
Agri-Pulse update for Wednesday
Less than a month after Congress enacted the 2008 Farm Bill, top USDA officials say there’s not enough money to implement it.
Agri-Pulse update for Thursday
King Cotton loses lots of ground down south.
Agri-Pulse update for Friday
While livestock and poultry producers would surely disagree, one ag analyst suggests that corn is undervalued at $7.50/bushel.
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One can only imagine trying to survive the 200-mph winds that ripped apart the Sinclair Elevator in Sinclair, Iowa last week. Officials said the tornado that ravaged northeast Iowa towns left seven people dead and was the strongest the state has seen in more than 30 years. Iowa's tornado deaths contributed to the rising national death toll this year---reaching 100 even thus far.