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Source: DTN/Progressive Farmer
John Deere responds to economy, prepares for future with layoffs
Reducing its workforce by perhaps more than 2,000 employees in the past several months, Deere & Company is responding both to economics and to a vision for what it is becoming -- a manufacturer of machinery still, but one that foresees higher value in technology.
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Source: Brownfield
Congress asked to reauthorize CFTC
House Ag Committee leaders heard strong support for reauthorization of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission as part of a subcommittee hearing Thursday.
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Source: Agri-Pulse
AGCO selling grain and protein portfolio for $700M
AGCO has agreed to sell most of its grain and protein business for $700 million to American Industrial Partners, an industrials investor worth $16 billion, in an all-cash transaction.
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Source: Purdue University
Insignum AgTech and Purdue researchers collaborate for early monitoring of tar spot disease in corn
Insignum AgTech has begun a collaboration with researchers in Purdue University’s College of Agriculture and College of Engineering to create tools for farmers to identify early stages of tar spot disease outbreaks in their corn plants.
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