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		<title>Who Makes What Where</title>
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		<title>Food for Thought</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:18:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Warm Winter Creates Need to Manage Stored Grain</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:02:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Warm weather the first half of this winter has increased the potential for problems in stored grain.   “Grain needs to be either dried or stored at a cool temperature to prevent mold growth,” says North Dakota State University Extension Service grain drying expert Ken Hellevang. “If the stored grain is dry, the warm winter [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.fastline.com&amp;blog=7567097&amp;post=5450&amp;subd=fastlineblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Permanent Damage Caused by 2011 Flooding</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:48:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When the water in the Mississippi River rose to 58 feet with a forecast of 60 feet or higher in May 2011, the emergency plan to naturally or intentionally breach the levees, established over 80 years prior, was put in motion.  The flood of 1937 did top the frontline levee and water passed into and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.fastline.com&amp;blog=7567097&amp;post=5443&amp;subd=fastlineblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>USDA says Rural Development progress made</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:38:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The head of the USDA Rural Development Office says the work they’re doing is having a positive impact on Rural America. Undersecretary Dallas Tonsager says the 2011 Rural Development Fiscal Year 2011 Annual Report shows they have invested almost $29 Billion dollars and “created or saved an estimated 440-thousand” jobs through the rural business cooperative, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.fastline.com&amp;blog=7567097&amp;post=5432&amp;subd=fastlineblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mobile App Now Available For the National Farm Machinery Show</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:25:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Farm Machinery Show continues its tradition of meeting demands of its attendees by offering a mobile app for the February 15-18 show. The first-ever mobile app, called “NFMS ’12,” for the National Farm Machinery Show is now available for free on smartphones (iPhone, Android and Blackberry) and features an interactive exhibitor map and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.fastline.com&amp;blog=7567097&amp;post=5429&amp;subd=fastlineblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hot Topics in Ag</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:22:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; John Deere Sets World Record With Combine Constructed from Food: It&#8217;s a new world record! John Deere&#8217;s Project &#8220;Can Do&#8221; created a full-sized combine made entirely from food &#8211; 308,448 cans of food and 11,268 bags of food to be exact&#8230; Read More World Ag Expo Celebrates 45th Anniversary: World Ag Expo will celebrate 45 years [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.fastline.com&amp;blog=7567097&amp;post=5426&amp;subd=fastlineblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The consideration cycle leading up to a purchase can last over a year.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:50:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today’s modern farming operations are continually exploring ways to improve production. The challenges that come with increasing productivity also create a compelling need to make the right purchase decision. Whether it’s acquiring more acres, upgrading equipment, selecting new inputs or adding the latest technology, farmers are taking a very measured approach to making sure they [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.fastline.com&amp;blog=7567097&amp;post=5424&amp;subd=fastlineblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Farming Through the Unthinkable</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:47:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes life doesn’t go as planned. It certainly didn’t for the Dell family of Maryland. A succession plan must be flexible to accommodate for the unthinkable. A situation that Greg Dell, the patriarch of the family, never thought he’d have to experience. &#8220;I had in my head the plan, how I thought it was going [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.fastline.com&amp;blog=7567097&amp;post=5421&amp;subd=fastlineblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>More Young People Are Getting Into Farming</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:21:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New numbers on farmers won&#8217;t be available until the agricultural census is done next year, but those in agriculture point to some good signs: Enrollment in university ag programs has increased, as has interest in farmer-training programs. That&#8217;s good news to the government. More than 60% of farmers are over the age of 55, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.fastline.com&amp;blog=7567097&amp;post=5419&amp;subd=fastlineblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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