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The Association Equipment Manufacturers has released its annual forecast for U.S. agricultural machinery sales, providing an overall snapshot of manufacturers’ predictions for 2009 business.

Learn more about Monsanto Company’s Roundup Ready Performance Plus program.

Commentary from Jerry Gulke, Strategic Marketing Services, Chicago

Check out this extra information concerning the Top 25 events that have affected agriculture in the past 25 years.

Read and watch more about pilot ethanol plant in Vonore, Tenn., which will product cellulosic ethanol by using switchgrass.

Use this graph to determine how far water will move upward in your soil.

Corn cobs could soon be worth more, thanks to Project Liberty, an ethanol facility in Emmetsburg, Iowa that will produce 125 million gallons of ethanol per year, with 25 million gallons coming from corn cobs. See how it will happen.

See how the Farm Credit System operates.

It’s easy to point fingers at “the funds” for first causing a price bubble and then leaving ag markets...

In an October survey, Top Producer asked readers how often they use various pricing tools.

We surveyed our readers to find out how they use marketing advisers and what kinds of mistakes they think they make when using marketing advisers.

Catch up on other articles from The Profit Puzzle, Top Producer’s series linking farm financial performance to strategic decision making.

Read more about the Flowers brothers.

The Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a rule helping to protect the nation’s water quality by requiring concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) to safely manage manure.

It looks like the U.S. beef industry may have missed the best of the weak dollar’s half-off sale on U.S. exports.

A couple of agricultural economists say the JBS-Swift merger represents a crossroads for the cattle industry.

Use the "What is Manure Worth?" a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, to determine the viability of using manure as fertilizer on your farm.

Remember the days when you applied additional units of nitrogen to account for leaching or denitrification? No longer—higher natural gas prices mean you need to hang on to every drop of nitrogen and its smart environmental stewardship.

Use these online tools and information to help maximize your nitrogen.

Use the following Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, courtesy of Ken Rulon, to plug in your costs to compare conventional tillage and no-till.

Find out what, in addition to parts, tires and an air compressor, the Henggelers carry in their shop on wheels.

Are you worried about protecting your farm during these unsteady financial times? How can you protect your investments? Find out the answers to these questions and more during the “Managing the Financial Crisis” webinar, hosted by Top Producer.

Local food is all about the experience and Leroy Shatto has had the experience of a lifetime since starting Shatto Milk Company five years ago.

There is an inexpensive feed option for your herd this winter.

Hurricane Ike’s 110 mile per hour winds may be gone, but the impact lingers in Texas and Louisiana.