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President Donald Trump addressed the American Farm Bureau Federation’s (AFBF) 99th annual convention in Nashville, Tennessee, on Monday. The president touched on a variety of issues, including tax reform, regulations, rural broadband, the farm bill, crop insurance and trade.

Kansas State University’s analytical lab has expanded its services and can now analyze forage samples to give farmers and ranchers a clearer picture of what their animals are consuming.

As farming communities face mounting challenges with the nation’s opioid epidemic, the nation’s two largest general farm organizations are teaming up to confront the issue.

Below is a letter released on Dec. 14, 2017, from MacDon Industries:

Today we are announcing that we have entered into an agreement to sell the MacDon Group of Companies to Linamar Corp., a Canadian company headquartered in Guelph, Ontario.

With the 2017 hay crop tucked away in sheds and stacks, growing-season factors take a back seat to domestic and foreign demand in driving hay prices.