August 2020

Instructions are helpful with recipes, product assembly and college orientation
By Lori Sorenson, editor
August 25, 2020
My grade school report cards surfaced during a recent cleaning at my childhood home. The yellowed paper told the story of a good student, with mostly As and some Bs, but she had trouble following instructions. In the section for teacher observations, the line, “Listens well to instructions,” sometimes was noted with a minus sign rather than a satisfactory plus sign. It used to annoy me, but it…
Record corn, soybean yield predicted and prices expected to decline
By Kent Thiesse, Farm Management Analyst
August 18, 2020
The August 12 USDA Crop Report projected a record U.S. corn yield and record production in 2020, as well as a record 2020 soybean yield and the second highest U.S. soybean production level in history. The yield and production projections were based on conditions as of Aug. 1. Normally the record crop yields and high production levels would be quite “bearish” on grain markets following the report…

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