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Kip Cullers is known for his bin-busting soybean yields. The Purdy, Mo., farmer is traveling with Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie and Farm Journal Machinery Editor Margy Fischer to Brazil to learn more about the country’s soybean production.

The Dairy Life: helping family-owned dairy farms improve their production, success and their bottom line.

The HungerU tour is headed down the East Coast this fall with a fast-paced tour schedule of 16 major colleges and universities. HungerU features a large electronic, interactive mobile exhibit.The HungerU Staff bring you updates from the road.

Here’s your chance to share a photo of your favorite tractor. Show us your fresh-off-the-line, right-out-of-the-field or classic antique tractors. Join the fun and participate by simply e-mailing your photos and caption information to TailgateTalk@farmjournal.com.

North American Trading & Logistics focuses on market timing, forward buying and formula pricing of cash commodities. Our actions are thoroughly researched and based on probabilities. An invaluable resource that works within a client’s supply chain, our goal is to provide clients with strategies that effectively convert inventory and commodity volatility into increased savings and earnings.

Doug and Nancy Rupp operates D & N Rupp Farms in Stryker, Ohio. The Rupps are progressive farm family operators who use marketing strategies, technology and teamwork to attain the on-going success of their farming enterprise. Nancy was a teacher and guidance counselor for 39 years, and continues to work in the Pettisville, Ohio, school system part-time. In addition, she manages the farm finances. Nancy and Doug are one of the case studies in Farm Journal Media’s Ultimate Farm Quest. You can follow the Rupps through their Ultimate Farm Quest journey in the pages of Top Producer magazine and online at www.UltimateFarmQuest.com.

Welcome to the Southern View blog featuring fresh information about grains and cotton production in Brazil, along with information about Argentina’s and Paraguay’s crops. I’m Éder Silveira, Brazilian, bachelor in International Business, and dedicated to Agricultural Market. I’m on the trading team for some of Brazil’s top producers. This will be a space for information exchange and discussion on agricultural trends. I’m hoping to have interaction with readers’ comments and opinions. Please feel free to get in touch by e-mail: edersilver7@hotmail.com. Thanks for visiting!

Sean Lusk is a registered commodity broker and Co-Director of the Commercial Hedging Division of Walsh Trading in Chicago. Sean began in the business as a runner on the trading floor during summer breaks from college in 1993. Upon his graduation from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale in 1996, Sean began his career on the trading floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). Overseeing billions of dollars of transactions working as a clerk in the Eurodollar pit, Sean took the next step and became a floor broker and member of the CME in 2003. He handled customer orders for banks and investment houses from all over the world from inside the Libor pit at the CME. Now, at Walsh Trading, Sean utilizes his experience in the marketplace and his professional client service skills to aid and assist customers in their trading endeavors. Sean writes daily and weekly commentaries focusing on Precious Metals and Agricultural Markets along with related market activity. He has been quoted in various media outlets discussing futures markets. These include, Futures Magazine, Reuters, Forbes, Kitco, Nikkei Press and CCTV.com.

Twenty year old daughter of custom harvesters who travels with the family from Texas to Montana each summer, following the wheat harvest. She Represents the fourth generation of a custom harvesting family.