Contents
FEATURES:
Riding herd on price risk
Livestock Risk Protection insurance is another opportunity to manage market unknowns.
By James D. Ritchie
Straight down the line
Tramline farming means this farmer keeps covering the same ground.
By James Ritchie
Conservation Security
Six Missouri watersheds selected for new program.
By Nancy Jorgenson
Corporate farming-family style
Using Subchapter S status gives this family an equitable system for spreading a farm's income and assets.
By James D. Ritchie
When supplementing cows, go through the numbers
Consider options and factors involved in delivering efficient nutrition.
By Dr. Jim White
MFA Oil turns 75
Farm roots helped MFA Oil grow from delivering kerosene to a multi-faceted petroleum and service cooperative.
By Molly Blanton
COLUMNS:
Country corner
Agriculture's big tent should be large enough for the label conscious.
By Steve Fairchild
Crops
Agronomy 2004: the year in review.
By Dr. Paul Tracy
MFA Oil
Forward fuel contracting offers savings.
By Lehi German
Livestock report
By Glenn Grimes
Grain report
By Dr. Robert Wisner
When Christmas is a new beginning
The giving season finds a way to soften a stubborn heart.
By Mitch Jayne
Holiday goodies recipes
Country humor
Viewpoint
Join a producer group today and have a hand in agriculture's future.
By Don Copenhaver
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