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The Pace of Rural Urbanization Slows

April 13, 2012 | Posted in Data & Forecasts
Urbanization remains a dominant trend in U.S. population change, but the rate of urbanization slowed during 2000-10. During the 1990s, the rural population declined from 61.7 million to 59.1 million and the share of the population living in rural areas dropped to 21%.
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Growth of U.S. Corn Used In Ethanol Production Projected to Slow

April 8, 2012 | Posted in Data & Forecasts
High levels of domestic corn-based ethanol production are projected to continue over the next decade, with about 36 percent of total corn use projected to go to ethanol production if current laws remain in effect and specific assumptions about macroeconomic and international conditions, weather, and government policies hold.
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Average Farmland Value Varies by Land Use and Region

April 7, 2012 | Posted in Data & Forecasts
Average farmland values for the Nation mask wide regional variation. Cropland values (the land value excluding buildings) exceeded $5,000 per acre in 2007 in the Northeast and Pacific regions, where high-value crops fruits, vegetables, and orchards' are grown and development pressures are high.
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Telematics Will Advance Hay Baling Technology

April 4, 2012 | Posted in Best Practices
Telematics will soon be changing the way farmers produce and harvest hay, and in a good way. "With telematics, farmers can remotely capture data from harvesters and tractors,"? says Kevin Shinners, Ph.D., Professor of Agricultural Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Precision Specialist Comes to the Rescue on First Day of Planting

Precision Specialist Comes to the Rescue on First Day of Planting

Go behind the scenes with Leo Johnson and his son, Patrick, as they plant corn into strips for the first time on their 1,000-acre farm in Clinton, Wis. Jason Pennycook, precision specialist for 9-store Case IH dealer Johnson Tractor, comes to the rescue with remote support when Patrick runs into a problem with the planter in the field.

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