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Articles by Sara Wyant

SCO rollout tied to farm bill signup?

Later this fall, USDA expects to allow growers to sign up for either the new Price Loss Coverage (PLC) or Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) commodity programs, but they’ll also have another key decision to make: whether to participate in a new optional crop insurance program called the Supplemental
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Got big data? Not without big broadband

As the debate emerges over who owns and controls “big data,” there are a host of related issues that also need to be addressed, including federal support for public data collection, opportunities for public/private partnerships and underlying infrastructure issues such as: how to provide “big broad
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Novak tapped to lead National Corn Growers Association

The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) announced that Chris Novak will leave the helm of the National Pork Board to become the organization’s next chief executive officer, taking the place of 14-year veteran Rick Tolman, who earlier this year announced his intention to retire from the organiz
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FAPRI update: Will $4 corn be the new normal?

In what could be great news for livestock and poultry producers and a gut-check for many corn, soybean and cotton growers, the latest baseline projections from the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri suggests that corn prices could hover near $4/bu.
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