Contents

FEATURES:
Improvements keep grain moving
MFA invests capital to modernize and expand key grain locations.
By Steve Fairchild

Get paid for producing difference
At the 2006 MFA Beef Innovator series, producers got tips on ways to tack value onto their livestock.
By James D. Ritchie

These plants can kill
There could be deadly plants growing in your pasture, woods or fence row.
By James D. Ritchie

Health Track keeps you in the market
New rules for export markets along with domestic requests for source- and process-verified cattle push programs like MFA's Health Track.
By Steve Fairchild

How safe is your data?
Good habits in backing up data can save you from information losses.
By Scot Mewbourn and John Garrison

COLUMNS:
Country corner
MFA leadership syas that our value is in our people; they are right.
By Steve Fairchild

Up Front

Crops
Buzz about intensive wheat management? Again?
By Paul Tracy

Another voice
When shopping for soybean seed, check quality along with yield.
By Jason Bean

MFA Oil
What you should know about propane system safety.
By Dick Tuinstra

Livestock report
By Glenn Grimes

Grain Report report
By Dr. Robert Wisner

Country humor

Egg recipes

Viewpoint
In the cyclical business of agriculture, MFA offers quality, service and sability.
By Don Copenhaver