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Landowner Series -- Cash-Rent farm lease contract tips for landowners and farmers.
Having a well-written farm lease is vital in today's farm rental marketplace. The purpose of this article is to provide tips to consider when...
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Dust storms in Illinois: Identifying farm solutions
This is article two from a two-part series.Dust storms have become an increasing concern in Illinois, prompting investigations into their causes and...
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Dust storms in Illinois: Examining roles of weather and farming practices
This is article one from a two-part series.Recent dust storms in Illinois have raised the question of the cause of these events. In the last few...
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Landowner series - Using a flexible cash farm lease
A flexible cash lease is an alternative to a straight cash lease. The flexible cash leash protects the farmer and landowner from economic loss. This...
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Landowner Series – Using a flexible cash farm lease
A flexible cash lease is an alternative to a straight cash lease. The flexible cash leash protects the farmer and landowner from economic loss. This type of lease can prevent a farmer from committing to a lease that requires a high guaranteed rent payment, allowing the landowner to have a higher...
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Farm Drainage Series – Part 3:  A tile main multi-farm project
HAVANA, Ill. - Draining excess water from farm fields in Illinois is vital to food and renewable fuel production. However, the lack of adequate farm drainage is a serious problem. Many older farm drainage systems are still in place but are past their viable economic use value due to being...
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Farm Management: Pre-plant Spraying

Before the seed goes in the ground, farmers spray the ground. For this particular filed the farm is using 28% nitrogen and a preplant herbicide. Thanks to technology, the farmer can utilize GPS and other onboard technology to better control the amount of spray being used.

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