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Crop Estimates Could Have Mixed Results on Market Crop production estimates released Friday by USDA could have mixed results on the markets, according to analysts.... Strong Farm Bill Vote Needed to Battle Veto Threat U.S. House-Senate conferees have reached a final farm bill agreement that boosts nutrition spending, trims farm direct payments, and according to Illinois Farm Bureau President Philip Nelson offers "a foot in the door" toward revenue-based income support.... Alfalfa Watch Alfalfa fields in far southern Illinois have passed the optimum date for harvest and some harvesting has occurred between rains. ...

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