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• IRS makes changes to Schedule F
  Gary Hoff, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois
  When you prepare to file your 2011 farm income tax return, you will find the Internal Revenue Service has made some major changes in the 2011 Form 1040 Schedule F. It is important to understand these changes.

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  Friday, Feb 3, 2012
• Missouri farmer: Child labor regulations need further revision
  From the American Farm Bureau Federation
  Young people and the contributions they make as members of farm and ranch families are vital to American agriculture, according to Missouri hog farmer Chris Chinn.

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  Friday, Feb 3, 2012
• Mulberry, Ark., to be 'edamame capital'
  The University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture
  Mulberry, Ark., was christened the future "edamame capital of the United States" at a Jan. 31 press conference to announce construction of the nation's first plant dedicated to the receiving, processing, packaging and shipping of edamame, or vegetable soybeans, to be grown by Arkansas farmers starting this year.

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  Friday, Feb 3, 2012
• TDA secures exemption to help control cotton root rot
  Bryan Black, TDA
  Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples yesterday announced the Texas Department of Agriculture has been granted approval by the Environmental Protection Agency to issue a Section 18 exemption allowing the use of flutriafol (Topguard) for the control of cotton root rot in Texas.

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  Friday, Feb 3, 2012