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08/21/2025

Cody Goswick parks his rig next to a 50 foot high pile of pulverized limestone in Jane, Missouri. After a bucket loader dumps two scoops into Goswick’s trailer, he makes a quick drive across the scale and pulls over to tarp up...
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https://www.farmtalknews.com/news/a-work-day-in-missouri-s-billion-dollar-limestone-industry/article_1d6b1419-1642-4aa7-ae7b-d9662a47bb2e.html

08/20/2025

Feeder cattle prices continue to push to unimaginable highs leaving producers and traders increasingly nervous...
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https://www.farmtalknews.com/news/nervous-cattle-markets-struggle-with-market-fundamentals/article_81c82365-ce83-44f3-b388-2c678c31057e.html

Feeder cattle prices continue to push to unimaginable highs leaving producers and traders increasingly nervous. Last week, in Oklahoma auctions, 500-pound, M/L #1 steers brought $451.90/cwt. ($2,260/head) and 800-pound, M/L

08/18/2025

The Grand Champion Barrow was exhibited by Ty Murphy of Houstonia. Ty is the son of Brent & DeEtta Murphy and is a member of the Sweet Springs FFA Chapter....
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https://www.farmtalknews.com/news/missouri-state-fair-grand-and-reserve-grand-champions-announced/article_7b488c9b-8a60-4fb7-85f7-98fb85bf2737.html

The Grand Champion Barrow was exhibited by Ty Murphy of Houstonia. Ty is the son of Brent & DeEtta Murphy and is a member of the Sweet Springs FFA Chapter.

08/17/2025

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08/17/2025

Bloomberg’s Michael Hirtzer reported that “corn futures fell below $4 a bushel [on Wednesday, August 6, 2025] to the lowest level in about 11 months as favorable US weather continued to weigh on prices ahead of a key report due next week that could show eye-popping yields.” At close on Wednesday, prices had recovered slightly to above $4 a bushel, but were still at their lowest since mid-October 2024...
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https://www.farmtalknews.com/news/corn-futures-dip-below-4/article_689dc5f4-b8f6-45f9-a961-c09617bd6eec.html

Bloomberg’s Michael Hirtzer reported that “corn futures fell below $4 a bushel [on Wednesday, August 6, 2025] to the lowest level in about 11 months as favorable US weather continued

08/16/2025

The Linn County Fair youth livestock sale was hosted August 9 at the grounds in Mound City, Kansas. There were more cowboy hats on kids’ heads than grown ups’...

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https://www.farmtalknews.com/news/2025-linn-county-fair/collection_3015a6ea-b0d1-4f3e-86d4-f40c931ee6ed.html

08/15/2025

University of Missouri Extension specialists confirmed red crown rot (RCR) in soybean fields in Maries and Phelps counties in early August, says University of Missouri Extension state plant pathologist Mandy Bish. RCR can cause yield losses of up to 80% in affected areas....
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https://www.farmtalknews.com/news/red-crown-rot-appears-in-two-more-missouri-counties/article_94a977a7-df87-4b58-bf42-3a6799a3d5d5.html

University of Missouri Extension specialists confirmed red crown rot (RCR) in soybean fields in Maries and Phelps counties in early August, says University of Missouri Extension state plant pathologist Mandy

08/15/2025

Rising cattle prices still show no signs of letting up. Recent data from the USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News report charts the continued upward trend of Missouri feeder steer prices since 2015...

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https://www.farmtalknews.com/news/hot-cattle-markets-tax-changes-call-for-new-planning/article_7acb2f35-efdb-4066-bb7a-61823fcb19ac.html

Rising cattle prices still show no signs of letting up. Recent data from the USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News report charts the continued upward trend of Missouri feeder

08/14/2025

Community members and business supporters gathered in Girard, Kansas on Saturday, August 2nd for the youth livestock auction at the 109th Crawford County Fair.
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https://www.farmtalknews.com/news/2025-crawford-county-fair/collection_bc94e3ef-3fca-4a14-ae54-67a3a4d35d05.html

08/14/2025

For more than 120 years, the Missouri State Fair has brought together citizens from across the state to celebrate agriculture, community and tradition...
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https://www.farmtalknews.com/news/where-mizzou-meets-missouri/article_80b34b56-964d-44dd-ab2a-e0b8654dc6c4.html

For more than 120 years, the Missouri State Fair has brought together citizens from across the state to celebrate agriculture, community and tradition.

08/13/2025

A couple of retired northeast Oklahoma cowboys gather around a glass counter at Mock Brothers Saddlery west of Tulsa and reminisce on the good old days of rodeoing...
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https://www.farmtalknews.com/news/being-tough-hurts-keith-williams-puts-the-ow-in-cowboy/article_06d8743d-d37d-4ce3-90b8-ada56a8c20f2.html

A couple of retired northeast Oklahoma cowboys gather around a glass counter at Mock Brothers Saddlery west of Tulsa and reminisce on the good old days of rodeoing.

08/13/2025

Drills bury screws into sheet metal and sweaty t-shirts hang on fence posts in northwest Arkansas.

“Go a hair higher?” says James.

“That?” says Mark.

“Bingo!” says Tyler.

Tyler switches the screw in his mouth for a cigarette and drills through a metal panel into a 2x6.

Mark, Tyler, and James, a three man construction crew, are building an open air shed in northwest Arkansas near Gravette...
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https://www.farmtalknews.com/news/we-build-pole-barns-in-our-sleep/article_cb96daa2-5b56-4e35-8fe0-3c267e031b45.html