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Dealer Profile: Peters Bros. Combine Farming with Equipment Sales

While farmer/dealers may have some limitations in the retail arena, they can also be an effective alternative for shortline manufacturers.
While farmer/dealers may have some limitations in the retail arena, they can also be an effective alternative for shortline manufacturers.
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Grain Bagging

Dealers ‘Bagging’ Temporary Grain Storage Sales

Grain bagging and unloading implements are billed as pieces of iron that help farmers market for profit. Three dealers explain how they’ve approached this new equipment niche.
The September 2018 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report released on Sept. 12 pushed corn prices down lower with futures down more than 3.5%. According to Farm Futures, larger-than-expected yield estimates and other bearish data pushed futures down nearly 4%. September futures dropped 13.75 cents to $3.4150, while December futures fell 14.25 cents to $3.5250. These conditions make temporary grain storage, like bagging grain, a good option for farmers.
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Special Report: Vertical Tillage

Iowa NRCS: 'Vertical Tillage is Not No-Till'

Nowhere has the confusion about vertical tillage caused more consternation than with no-till farmers. In fact, it got to the point where Iowa conservationists with USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) admitted they were “disturbed by the number of row-crop farmers using vertical tillage tools.
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