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Joe Dales replied Jan 27, 2010 to Can the Canadian Beef Industry Compete with Brazil? What do you think?

1 Jan 27, 2010
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"Winter Wheat - USDA Analysis By Stu Ellis, USDA statisticians reported significant…"

Joe Dales replied Jan 25, 2010 to Winter Wheat: Did you get any planted, how does the crop look...US Plantings at 97 year low. Comments.

1 Jan 25, 2010
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"Visit the Farms.com Yield Data Center, the one-stop information resource to help gro…"

Joe Dales replied Jan 21, 2010 to 75 bushels per acre - Soybean Yield Challenge

1 Jan 21, 2010
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"Looks the Ontario Government is putting big resources behind their renewable energy…"

Joe Dales replied Jan 20, 2010 to OFA opposes solar farm installations on farmland

13 Feb 21, 2010
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"There is an interesting article on China's Economy in the Economist. Here is the li…"

Joe Dales replied Jan 14, 2010 to .Foreign Interests.

7 Feb 1, 2010
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"Peter's Commentary generated some interesting discussions on the main Farms.com chat…"

Joe Dales replied Jan 14, 2010 to Biotechnology and Organics: Why Can't They Be Friends?

2 Jan 19, 2010
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"Good article in the Economist on Monsanto - relatively balanced. Here are the first…"

Joe Dales replied Jan 4, 2010 to I don't understand

4 Jan 4, 2010
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Joe Dales replied Jan 4, 2010 to Winning Farm Photos from the BioEnterprise Contest - See them with the Link Here.

1 Jan 4, 2010
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"Increased marketplace power....is a good concept for producers. It is easy to talk…"

Joe Dales replied Dec 26, 2009 to CFA: Farmers Need Increased Marketplace Power. Do you agree?

3 Dec 26, 2009
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"This was posted by another person in the blog area....it belongs here in the chat di…"

Joe Dales replied Dec 26, 2009 to HOG LOANS DO NOT WORK

10 Dec 29, 2009
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