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10 LATEST IN APPS
Some top picks in farm and ranch apps
that are sure to help agriculture professionals
do their jobs more efficiently in 2017 and
beyond.
11 DRIVING FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY
Making small but highly informed, strategic and
continuous advances in reducing vulnerability to
financial downturns and overall market uncer-
tainty is a necessary ingredient for growth.
16 NEW MACHINERY
FARM406 scopes out a selection of cut-
ting-edge agricultural products and equipment
available in the farming and ranching industry.
19 AGRICLEAR
Online Clearinghouse
for Buying and Selling Cattle
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PROFIT in
PUL$E$
Advanced Mangement Skills Required
Online Livestock
Platform
New Way to Buy & Sell Cattle
Cattle
Trackers
Beef Industry Goes High Tech
ON THE COVER
Winter wheat spraying
near the foothills of
the Highwood
Mountains, Round
Butte & Square Butte.
Photo by Kim Owen
22 FARMER PROFILE Genetics by
Design: The latest in forecasting progeny
performance and productivity in cattle.
27 FINDING THE PULSE ON PROFIT-
ABLE CROPS Chickpea... A motivating
alternative to wheat, but demands a lot.
46 INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT
Protecting the yield of quality crops.
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